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Reach. >> larry: when you finished the article and you knew it was going to be published, did you know that an uproar was coming? >> i knew that there would probably be some sort of response. my sort of thinking was maybe they'll be one or two or three days. maybe it will create somewhat of a headache for general mcchrystal's staff. they in the past had had much worse -- or at least had seemed to have gone through much worse sort of cycles in the media. but i had no expectation that general mcchrystal would lose his job after the piece. >> larry: most of the quotes are staff quotes, correct? i...

Private, a general or a president. as difficult as it is to lose general mcchrystal, i believe that it is the right decision for our national security. the conduct represented in the re cently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. >> larry: all right, michael hastings, the obvious first question is, how did you get this? how did you get access? how did you get this whole thing done? >> when my editors and i at "rolling stone" came up with the idea to do a profile of general mcchrystal, i simply just e-mailed general mcchrystal's press staff, s...