Wolf clicks his heels
Wolf Blitzer went all nostalgic on us Thursday when he returned to his grad school, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
He addressed his audience on “President Obama and the World,” but he spent most of his time talking about his time at SAIS. He even brought a prop: a brown paper bag from Whole Foods filled with his old, highlighted textbooks.
“One of the happiest days of my life was the day I learned I had passed all of my exams,” he said. “I remember literally clicking my heels, jumping in the air and saying ‘I did it.’ ” The CNN “Situation Room” host received his master’s in international relations from SAIS in 1972.
It turns out Blitzer was a solid student, but a little cocky. He recounted his time with fellow alumnus and former “The Insider” host Pat O’Brien. “Like me, he had trouble with international economics, but unlike him, I passed,” Wolf jabbed.
It wasn’t all books and bravado. Blitzer did spend a little time on his experience in Iraq. He explained that after a missile exploded in a nearby mall, the CNN security team asked Blitzer to put on his gas mask and put the microphone inside. Blitzer responded, “I could put my gas mask on, but if they saw me on TV, my daughter would start to cry, my mother would faint and my wife would laugh.”
-reporting by Ryan Freeman
