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Michael Hastings

American Politician

Born: Oct 6, 1980

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My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq. Michael Hastings

Veteran Leader Brother Combat Iraq Younger Younger Brother Decorated Platoon

The use of drones is rapidly transforming the way we go to war. On the battlefield, a squad leader can receive real-time data from a drone that enables him to view the landscape for miles in every direction, dramatically expanding the capabilities of what would normally have been a small and isolated unit. Michael Hastings

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It was either write or die for me. Michael Hastings

Me Write Die Either

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising. Michael Hastings

Journalism Advertising

I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation. Michael Hastings

Generation My Generation Investigative Greatest Reporter Want

Andrew Warren was a rarity in the CIA's Clandestine Service - African-American, fluent in Arabic, and relatively young for an agent who'd already spent nearly a decade chasing terrorists in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq and Algeria, so deep undercover that few of his friends or family knew the nature of his work. Michael Hastings

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During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions. Michael Hastings

Military Invasion Only Only A Handful Missions Iraq Handful

Obama's drone program, in fact, amounts to the largest unmanned aerial offensive ever conducted in military history: never have so few killed so many by remote control. Michael Hastings

History Few Control Military Obama Fact Never Remote Aerial Offensive In Fact Many Ever Largest Amount Program

Usually when reporting on powerful public figures, the press advisor and I would have had a conversation that established what journalists call 'ground rules,' placing restrictions on what can and cannot be reported. Michael Hastings

Conversation Press Rules Would Restrictions Had Powerful Journalists Call Advisor Reported Reporting Established Cannot Placing Public Public Figures Ground Figures

Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind of uplifting and strange about watching democracy unfold. Michael Hastings

Democracy Strange Experience Despite Kind Silliness Entire About Something Triviality Absurdity Also Sounds Campaign Uplifting Unfold Watching

The first time I met President Obama was 2006 in Baghdad. He was the senator from Illinois; it was a month before he actually ended up declaring. He had to come to Baghdad to kind of check that box, and I was the correspondent for 'Newsweek' at the time. Michael Hastings

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Obama's people will all often complain about how trivial and silly the media is, but there's no president who's probably benefited from this sort of trivialness or superficial nature as President Obama. Michael Hastings

Nature People Will Complain President President Obama Obama Superficial Silly About Trivial Sort How Often Media

When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence. Michael Hastings

Writing Every Fact Put Mass Mass Audience Audience Sentence

By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained. Michael Hastings

Entirety Pitch Story Explained Sentence Should Second

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of 'Rolling Stone.' Michael Hastings

General Cover Stone Rolling Rolling Stone Wanted

I think it's very difficult to make people care about natives in another country. Michael Hastings

People Care Country Difficult Think About Make Another Very Natives

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, said we wanted to do a profile, and said if you could give us any time to hang out with the general, that would be great. Michael Hastings

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As for the like of Hillary Clinton, I - you know, I've covered Secretary of State Clinton before. I covered her during her campaign. And she's a very likable and charismatic person once you get the chance to spend any time close to her. Michael Hastings

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The night before I began my career as a presidential campaign reporter, in September 2007, I finished Theodore White's 'The Making of the President,' the classic account of the 1960 race, which opened up a new era of campaign reporting. Michael Hastings

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