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Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.

Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.

Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.

He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

Fort Greely, Alaska, this week, home of the Pentagon's ground-based interceptor missile defense system. (Associated Press/File)

Watchdog finds corrosion, upkeep woes at key U.S. missile defense sites

Key sites in America's vast missile defense system network are plagued by seawater corrosion, inadequate running water in the bathrooms, poor heating and air conditioning, a lack of storage facilities and other problems, a government watchdog said, pointing to shortfalls in the system at a crucial moment for U.S. national security. Published June 22, 2023

A drag queen collects tips during a show to set a Guinness World record for the largest drag brunch at Brooklyn Bowl in New York on Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki).

House GOP uses policy, spending bills to target ‘woke’ Pentagon

House Republicans on Thursday cleared a major spending bill that takes direct aim at so-called "woke" Pentagon policies, from drag shows on military bases to gender-transition surgery and the use of taxpayer money to facilitate abortions, setting the stage for a high-stakes culture-war clash with President Biden and his Democratic allies in Congress. Published June 15, 2023

People look at the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday in Balasore district, in the eastern state of Orissa, India, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Biden ‘heartbroken’ after India train derailment kills 275 people

President Biden said late Saturday he and first lady Jill Biden are "heartbroken" over a train derailment in eastern India that killed at least 275 people, with local officials blaming an electronic signaling system malfunction for the tragedy. Published June 4, 2023

National Guard members take a staircase toward the U.S. Capitol building before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 18, 2021. Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting, fueling concerns that in the coming years units around the country may not meet military requirements for overseas and other deployments. Officials say the number of soldiers retiring or leaving the Guard each month in the past year has exceeded those coming in, for a total annual loss of about 7,500 service members. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

RAND study finds ‘no evidence’ military veterans lean toward extremism

Veterans are generally less likely than American civilians to support radical ideologies or back extremist groups such as Antifa or White supremacist outfits, according to a new survey, casting doubt on the narrative that the military is a breeding ground for extremists. Published May 24, 2023

In this Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, a reporter tries out an interactive surveillance exhibit at SPYSCAPE in New York. Visitors to a new attraction opening in New York City can learn about the elements of spying, its history and find out what kind of spy they could be. SPYSCAPE opens Friday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

‘Spies’ carry goods to New York in mission to help children with cancer

As spy thrillers go, the plot may sound familiar: A retired U.S. intelligence officer works quietly to move high-value items out of a war zone. A top Ukrainian general personally signs the contents and ensures they're driven safely away from the front lines of his country's raging battle with Russia. Published May 22, 2023