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Then come to kabul a few weeks after that to see him in the war zone, kind of a different sort of spin or a different twist on the normal profiles. but then what happened was -- >> larry: why do you -- >> -- while i was in paris, the volcano in iceland exploded and so i ended up getting stuck with the general and his staff. >> larry: why do you think they did it? i mean, we know that "rolling stone" is a kind of a left wing magazine. they are not exactly on the left side of the political spectrum. why did they let it happen? >> i think one of the main reasons was they wanted to reach a differe...

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Bombshell story was going to blow a military career? next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. michael hastings is a contributor to "rolling stone" magazine. he's author of the article the runaway general. that article will be out on the magazine stands friday. it led to general mcchrystal's resignation. he's also written "i lost my love in baghdad." this is his first on-camera interview about the uproar that his piece has caused. president obama has nominated us, the u.s. central command general, david petraeus, to replace general stanley mccrystal as the top commander in afghanistan...

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First "rolling stone" magazine executive editor eric bates, the article "runaway general" is in the magazine's latest issue. i have to say as a journalist congratulations. this is an amazing scoop, and i have to ask you about the particulars. here they are as we've been able to get them from your article. tell us if this isn't the heart of your report. a mccrystal aide in your article is described as saying -- he describes the general's first one university one meeting with president obama this way, quote. it was a ten-minute photo-op. obama clearly didn't know anything about him. that's the g...