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Michael Hastings

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

— Michael Hastings story

In campaign reporting more than any other kind of press coverage, reporters aren't just covering a story, they're a part of it - influencing outcomes, setting expectations, framing candidates - and despite what they tell themselves, it's impossible to both be a part of the action and report on it objectively.

— Michael Hastings art

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

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

— Michael Hastings age

The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on the other side, tracking troop movements and helping to direct artillery fire.

— Michael Hastings art

Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.

— Michael Hastings war

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

— Michael Hastings military

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

— Michael Hastings want

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

— Michael Hastings people

I think when war becomes your life, I think it's very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.

— Michael Hastings life

I thought Gen. McChrystal was unfireable, that his position was secure.

— Michael Hastings thought

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

— Michael Hastings want

I welcome all interviews with 'Rolling Stone' magazine, and I'm sure people will talk to me in the future.

— Michael Hastings people

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

— Michael Hastings sin

I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day. It was just a personal project.

— Michael Hastings light

I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.

— Michael Hastings business

If someone tells you something is off the record, I don't print it. If they don't tell me something is off the record, then it's fair game.

— Michael Hastings you

It was either write or die for me.

— Michael Hastings write

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

— Michael Hastings you

The genius of David Petraeus has always been his masterful manipulation of the media.

— Michael Hastings man

To General McChrystal, those men on his team are his family. You know, these guys, they would do anything. They would die for each other.

— Michael Hastings family

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

— Michael Hastings writing

You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.

— Michael Hastings life

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 nature

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 time

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