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Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important breaking news and political, international, and national security stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET on CNN.

September 2nd, 2014
07:24 PM ET

State Department: U.S. looking to "more aggressively take the fight to ISIS"

Wolf Blitzer talks to State Department Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Harf about ISIS' purported execution of Steven Sotloff, who defends the administration's strategy against ISIS and says the U.S. is looking for ways to "more aggressively take the fight to ISIS."

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Filed under: International affairs • Interviews • Terror
September 2nd, 2014
07:18 PM ET

Is the U.S. safe from ISIS?

In a new video, ISIS claims to have murdered a second American and sends a chilling warning to President Obama. Is the U.S. safe from an attack by the brutal jihadist group? Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the House Homeland Security Chairman, weighs in.

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Filed under: Interviews • National security • Terror
August 28th, 2014
07:38 PM ET

Does Obama have a strategy for ISIS?

Pres. Obama was slammed by critics after saying, "We don't have a strategy yet," on Syrian airstrikes. In an interview with Wolf Blitzer, White House press secretary Josh Earnest follows up and explains what the President was trying to say.


Filed under: International affairs • Interviews • President Obama • Terror
August 12th, 2014
07:13 PM ET

Robin Williams on heaven, comedy and the mind

Robin Williams was a guest on the legendary show "Inside the Actor's Studio," where he displayed his comedic genius and his poignant poetic side. Wolf Blitzer talks to the host of the program, James Lipton.

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Filed under: Hollywood • Interviews
August 6th, 2014
12:37 AM ET

Wolf presses Israeli Deputy Speaker

A controversial character himself, Moshe Feiglin, the deputy speaker of the Israeli parliament, responds to Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan after Hamdan called him out in a fiery interview with Wolf Blitzer. Feiglin, a conservative member of the Knesset, also defends his comments calling for Palestinians to move to "tent encampments" in Sinai.

MORE: Watch Wolf's fiery interview with Hamas's Osama Hamdan

August 4th, 2014
08:09 PM ET

Wolf challenges Hamas leader

In a tense interview, Wolf Blitzer challenges the Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan on comments he made suggesting that Jews killed Christians and mixed their blood in holy matzo.

June 26th, 2014
07:44 PM ET

Lawyer: I want Sterling to face the truth

He's known as Hollywood's most feared lawyer. Wolf Blitzer talks to the super lawyer Bertram Fields, who will question Donald Sterling during a trial to determine his mental competency.

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Filed under: Donald Sterling • Interviews • Sports
June 26th, 2014
04:55 PM ET

IRS Commissioner: We take the allegations seriously

Catch the full interview with the IRS Commissioner at 5 pm ET, only on CNN.

After a brutal grilling on Capitol Hill, the seemingly unflappable IRS Commissioner John Koskinen talks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about the accusations plaguing his agency as he tries to restore the public's trust in it.

MORE: Commissioner: IRS troubles "suspicious," but no crime uncovered

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Filed under: Interviews • IRS • Politics
June 20th, 2014
09:06 PM ET

Obama: Iraq must find political solution

President Barack Obama exhorted Iraqi leaders to come up with a political solution to governing their nation because "if they don't, there won't be a military solution to the problem," he told CNN in an interview Friday. CNN's Kate Bolduan has the interview.

MORE: Obama: We gave Iraq a chance


Filed under: Interviews • Iraq • Kate Bolduan
June 4th, 2014
07:06 PM ET

Former Bush adviser: Gitmo detainees had to be released anyway

In an interview with Wolf Blitzer, the George W. Bush administration's legal adviser at the State Department says that President Obama made the right call to swap Sgt. Bergdahl for give Taliban suspects because the detainees had to be released eventually anyway.

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Filed under: Bowe Bergdahl • Gitmo • Interviews
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