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It was October 2005 when I first flew into Kabul aboard a Pakistani International Airlines flight. Mud homes pocked the desert landscape. Afghanistan looked quiet and serene almost safe.
That sense of security crumbled away moments after landing. Fluorescent lights dangled from the airport ceiling, evidence of explosions past. In the city’s streets, we stopped every two miles to pass through an armed checkpoint.
Then came the explosions.
Within hours of checking into our hotel, we heard our first IED blast. It was unmistakable: An enormous boom followed by sirens, screams, dust and a distinct smell.
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Over the course of a decade, I would make seven trips to Afghanistan and hear those sounds dozens of times. I lived looking over my shoulder, wondering when the next one would hit.
greenberg are here in the studio to tell us what every politician should be saying right now. and the whole world s buzzing about a north korea mystery woman. she s always by the side of the new leader there. nobody seems to be saying who she is. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama s been hammering mitt romney for sending u.s. jobs overseas during the years he rain bane capital. this afternoon in colorado romney turned the tables labeling the president as the outsourcer in chief. our white house correspondent, brianna keilar, is following all this back and forth. is the obama team worried about this new romney line of attack? reporter: wolf, i think they would much rather be talking about tax cuts for the middle class. that s why president obama went to iowa today. and certainly this new republican attack line is stealing some of that spotlight. president obama took the fight over the bush era tax cuts from the white house to the mclaughlin
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