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To the point where he radiated a sort of energy that made you realize he was unafraid and it made you treat him different than other people in the business. i remember talking with michael the night that his "rolling stones" story on general mcchrystal popped here. he was in afghanistan at the time. he was about to head out on an embed. i was trying to talk to him about what he had just done and trying to talk to him into the idea that he might want to make his way out of the war zone he was in ...

Michael hastings was actually unafraid. to the point where he radiated a sort of energy that made you realize he was unafraid and it made you treat him different than other people in the business. i remember talking with michael the night that his "rolling stones" story on general mcchrystal popped here. he was in afghanistan at the time. he was about to head out on an embed. i was trying to talk to him about what he had just done and trying to talk to him into the idea that he might want to mak...

Stones" story on general mcchrystal popped here. he was in afghanistan at the time. he was about to head out on an embed. i was trying to talk to him about what he had just done and trying to talk to him into the idea that he might want to make his way out of the war zone he was in before the moment at which his reporting would cause the firing of the very popular man who was running that war that he was in the middle of. but michael was in kandahar that night and michael stayed. he went out on ...

Epic effect in his book called "the operators." after president obamas first commander of the afghanistan war was fired, after his second commander was fired, president obama turned to the most high profile military leader in the country, general david petraeus, to become his third afghanistan war commanding general. that tenure in afghanistan lasted a year. as the president surged tens of thousands of more americans into that country, ultimately tripling the number of troops who were there when...

Families a priority, as you noticed, and yesterday the obama campaign rolled out its veterans and military families for obama effort. military has gone republican and the obama campaign wants to change that. this man as extensive experience covering the military. we all know that, mike, after getting the crystal from the rolling stone. he wrote this book "the operators." joe sestag, my compadre. i know your heart is with these guys. i want to talk about the fact that here we have a president -- ...

Romney wants to put 100,000 troops in afghanistan? this is a war 60% of the country views ungavebly. goes up more when you pay attention to. it. >> went up more with you on my show. michael hastings, thanks for being here to you can read his book, "the operators" is in the book stores now. we are going to follow this story. love to have the colonel on some time. >> definitely. thank you. >> thank you. ahead, the economy is roaring back and the republicans are in retreatment the president fight...

Together to achieve our objectives in afghanistan. >> "rolling stone article was written by journalist michael hastings. he dives deeper into the afghanistan story in his new book, "the operators." michael, a great pleasure to have you here. i will say this. this book is a fantastic read. it is so well done. i tore through it. we have authors on the show. let me go a little more. give you a little more. no, we have authors on the show a lot and i try to read the books or a part of it. but enough...

That was a just response that was discussed and decided not to go in. >> i voted to stop funding afghanistan and many of us are working very hard and supporting the presidents position that we need to get out of afghanistan. and one of the problems with afghanistan is that we started funding the war in iraq and not putting any resources in afghanistan. which was the original -- the origin threat really. >> michael hastings, journalist and author of"the operators," which is a "the n york times" b...

Are one of the contending forces of the country. its their country. thank you, michael hastings, great book. "the operators" thank you michael. >> thank you, sir. >> when we get back, we finish with the robotic republican nominating process, they are acting like robots, inching toward mitt romney, not giving eight whole lot of thought or any heart. does anybody really want this guy? youre watching "hardball" on msnbc.

"the operators" thank you michael. >> thank you, sir. >> when we get back, we finish with the robotic republican nominating process, they are acting like robots, inching toward mitt romney, not giving eight whole lot of thought or any heart. does anybody really want this guy? youre watching "hardball" on msnbc.