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My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.
Wolf Blitzer
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Wolf Blitzer
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 22
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Kreisfreie Stadt Augsburg
Wolf Isaac Blitzer
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