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I know that he had talked about after his retirement he wasn't going to go into politics, he was going to open a book shop, you know, somewhere, you know, in some rural town, so perhaps he'll have had enough of the rough and tumble life that -- this sort of high-wire life that is being a general that is being a high-level, very famous politician, and decide to call it quits. but i would also think that if he want to stay in the military, there would be a home for him very easily. >> larry: we'll ask if anything was left out of the article when we come back. and then a panel will join us. and m...

It's an end to a good career. the president did the right thing. you cannot have the military do that. in fairness, it was mostly his aides. that doesn't get the general off the hook. larry, the big question i have is who in the world approved michael getting this interview? and, you know, things like this aren't just the general's people out in the field. people at the pentagon have to sign off on this. public affairs staff at the pentagon needs to explain all of this. because i don't want those people in charge of anything serious again. when you allow a journalist especially into a bar like...

Everywhere friday. what do you make of these developments? >> shocking. it's an end to a good career. the president did the right thing. you cannot have the military do that. in fairness, it was mostly his aides. that doesn't get the general off the hook. larry, the big question i have is who in the world approved michael getting this interview? and, you know, things like this aren't just the general's people out in the field. people at the pentagon have to sign off on this. public affairs staff at the pentagon needs to explain all of this. because i don't want those people in charge of anythi...

>> larry: joan rivers here tomorrow night. jermaine jackson on friday. go to facebook.com/cnnlarrykinglive. for behind the scene photos of jermaine and me honoring the memory of michael on his first anniversary of his death. michael hastings is with us from kabul, afghanistan. he's the author of the article in "rolling stone." anything you left out? anything you're sorry about? >> no, i think i did my job to the best of my ability. obviously, in the magazine story, there's always tons you leave out. so -- but in terms of regret, certainly no regrets. >> larry: all right, we have us a couple of...

It is a much tougher problem set than iraq. we'll see. we need to learn the lessons of the iraq insurgency. general david petraeus is the man that can make it happen, if it can happen. >> larry: michael, we're running out of time. first, i salute you, as everyone agrees, it's a brilliantly written article, very well done. how long you going to stay there? >> i'm probably going to be heading out pretty soon after this trip. but thanks very much for your kind words. >> larry: what's your next article about? >> i have an article coming up about helicopter pilots and i also have an article that wi...