Wolf Isaac Blitzer (born March 22, 1948) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He has been a CNN reporter since 1990. He is the senior anchor of all CNN programs currently in production. Blitzer is currently the host of The Situation Room. He is CNN's lead political anchor.
Blitzer was born on March 22, 1948 in Augsburg, Germany to Polish-American parents. His parents were Jewish refugees. He was raised in Buffalo, New York.
Blitzer studied at Kenmore West Senior High School, at the University at Buffalo, at Johns Hopkins University, and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Blitzer has been married to Lynn Greenfield since 1973. They have one daughter, Ilana (born 1981). He now lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Other websites
CNN bio
CNN.com – The Situation Room
"Wolf Blitzer for the Defense (Department)", Jim Naureckas, FAIR Extra!, January/February 2003 Google Video on Israel Discussion – Held Nov 1989.
1948 births
Living people
American television news anchors
CNN people
Entertainers from Bavaria
German Jews
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Jewish American entertainers
Jewish American writers
Johns Hopkins University alumni
Journalists from New York (state) Naturalized citizens of the United States People from Augsburg Writers from Buffalo, New York Television personalities from New York (state) Writers from Bavaria