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August 4, 2010

Pentagon Denies Embed Request to Reporter Behind McChrystal Story
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The Pentagon has rejected an embed request from the reporter whose
recent article in Rolling Stone magazine led to the firing of General
Stanley Mc Chrystal. The reporter, Michael Hastings, quoted Mc Chrystal
and his aides making disparaging remarks about top administration
officials. The Pentagon says it’s denied Hastings’ request to embed with
US troops in Afghanistan because it can’t trust him to abide by military
reporting rules. (Related coverage: Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone on
the Story that Brought Down Gen. Mc Chrystal and Exposed Widening
Disputes Behind the U.S. Debacle in Afghanistan)



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