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'''Business Executives for National Security (BENS)''' is an American [[501(c)(3)]] non-profit organization. It was founded in 1982 by former mining executive Stanley Weiss.
 
For almost thirty years, BENS has served as the primary channel through which senior American business leaders contribute special experience and talent to help build a more secure nation.{{cn|date=April 2012}} BENS has 6 regional offices across the country and their headquarters in Washington, D.C.
BENS’ early work focused extensively on U.S.-Soviet threat reduction initiatives and on widespread inefficiencies in support functions in the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DoD). After championing base realignment and closure, BENS worked to find and develop opportunities at the affected bases. They have widened our focus over the last decade to encompass a range of new threats that challenge American security. In recent years they also have broadened their government partnerships to include: the Departments of State, Treasury, Home­land Security, including FEMA and the Secret Service, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the CIA. BENS also does work with all of the combatant commands.