The Pentagon Would Rather Not Embed Michael Hastings With U.S. Troops
The Pentagon has barred Michael Hastings, the reporter whose Rolling Stone profile of Stanley McChrystal led to the general’s dismissal from his post as head of the Afghanistan war effort, from embedding with U.S. soldiers next month.
The Guardian reports:
Hastings, who remained embedded with US troops as his article, the Runaway General, was published in June, says he was initially given permission to rejoin US troops fighting in Afghanistan next month.
Writing on Twitter, Hastings says he has now been “disapproved”.
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