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October 10th, 2011
10:09 PM ET

Wolf interviews GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman.

Wolf talks with the Republican candidate for president Jon Huntsman on an array of current political issues.


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BLITZER'S BLOG: Iraq aligns itself with America's foes
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
October 10th, 2011
01:43 PM ET

BLITZER'S BLOG: Iraq aligns itself with America's foes

By CNN's Wolf Blitzer

(CNN) – I was on the air 10 years ago when President George W. Bush launched the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. If someone would have said to me then that 100,000 U.S. troops would still be fighting there a decade later, I would have thought that person was crazy. Who could have imagined the war in Afghanistan would be America’s longest war - longer than World War II and the Civil War combined?

And remember: It’s by no means over. As of now, U.S. troops are supposed to remain in Afghanistan for at least another three years, until the end of 2014.
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