which is how michael hastings has titled his great new book. erators: the wild and terrifying inside story of the war in afghanistan." michael, congratulations on the book. it's great. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> that's how i see the two key insights of your book and of your reporting for rolling stone that weren't about mcchrystal as a person. counter insurgency as sort of a problem. >> i think those are the two main points. the original article was the runaway general. the book is the runaway military. besides the crazy one-month boozy wild maniac killers running around europe and in kandahar and afghanistan, i feel i'm trying to give an insight into the people after ten years of work who ended up running this thing. so that's very important. but, yes, the white house's struggle with the pentagon and president obama is trying to regain control of the don't. it's one of the major themes. and coins on the outs. at least the pentagon is reading my material. they finally came around. it only took them a coup ol f years. i've been sa

and of course the media establishment into a new book i want to bring into the conversation michael hastings with rolling stone and the author of the new book the operators the wild and terrifying inside story of america's war in afghanistan michael thank you so much for being here thanks for having me thanks before we get into the media reaction to the now infamous piece i really do sort of want to talk about the conclusions that you've drawn about the conflict in afghanistan and more specifically the counterinsurgency strategy because that really was sort of overshadowed by the controversial remarks made by mcchrystal right let's talk about that should we have been there from the start i think there's a pretty strong case you made that after september eleventh the united states had to respond in some kind of way militarily against the taliban because they were harboring osama bin laden i think what happened was we went totally off course after that our whole premised on going to afghanistan this idea we were going to avoid avoid a quagmire literally defense secretary don rumsfeld said it's

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we'll speak to rolling stone a contributor michael hastings about how the mainstream press and like a megaphone for the establishment. and sold to the highest a bitter american politics seem to have a price tag these days ever since the supreme court ruling making corporations people but as politicians rake in the dough something well it's just not adding up we'll explain. thanks for watching it's wednesday january eleventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy catherine of any watching our t.v. well it looks like the pentagon has potentially a nasty scandal on its hands another one that is that the u.s. marine corps says that it is investigative a shocking forty second video that surfaced today on lively going elsewhere on the internet in what appears to be u.s. soldiers urine eating on dead bodies in afghanistan how's that for winning hearts and minds for the video that you're about to see here there it is shows four men in full combat gear standing over three corpses relieving themselves it seems the men appeared to be joking during the incident at one point you can even hear o

that's for sure. >>> michael hastings. >>> and we are eight minutes away from "the situation room" withll numbers, national poll numbers, where the race nationally stands. we're going to share that with our viewers right at the top of the hour. >>> we also have a special interview in the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour with the former president of pakistan, pervez musharr musharraf. he says he's going back, even though authorities say he may be arrested as soon as he gets off the plane, and there are many threats. but he's going babb irrespective, he says. we'll have that coming up in "the situation room." >>> thank you, wolf. >>> meantime, we're back in 90 seconds with some news on stephen colbert, but first a look behind the teams as my team and i decided this friday the 13th. >> good morning. good morning. we thought we would so something different. we're all walking into our morning meeting, so we'll show you a little bit of it. happy friday! got to go to black. >>> got some breaking news. provocative behavior in the strait of hormuz. barbara, what happened? >> reporter: tensions could not b

it is by michael hastings who is the young reporter that got general tanley mcchrystal fired from hisost in afghanistan, commander of the troops and an old snake eater from way back . special fores and the lot. in this book, he try to expand on what he wrolt on rolling tone . it is quite interesting. for example, one . thingings that he reveals, if we can believe him. this is what one of the points is in the book. on the night of the invasion of iraq, stanley mcchrystal was a spokesman for the pen gont. we co-opted the media on that one. you can see it coming. there was a lot of us who didn't think that iraq was a good idea. there is nothing wrong with that statement. certainly true. and it was a lot of feeling in iraq among the military. but the fact that he said it in front of michael hastings was just what i said last time when i commented on this. a further deprecation in the general'sanding of of who is what in the media. it is michael hastings that went to several parties with the general and staff and wrote down and reported everything they say and that raises the whole questio

. >> michael hastings wrote about the commander in the june 2010 issue of "rolling stone." >> i said it was between you and lady gaga just making a joke. general mcchrystal replied just put me and lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub. i thought this is a different kind of general. >> several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story and talks about his new book "the operators" sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every week end "american history tv," 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and join in the conversation on these social media sites. >>> more state of the state addresses now from across the nation. up next iowa republican terry branstad talks about events in his state for the past year. this is about half an hour. >> thank you, thank you. >> madam lieutenant governor, mr. president, mr. speaker, leaders, justices and judges, legislators,

our guest is michael hastings. we thank you. >> thank you very much. >> for a dvd copy of this program call 1877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-an- a.org. "q & a" programs are also available as podcasts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next, your calls and comments on [video clip] "washington journal" then, security secretary janet napolitano. at 2:00 p.m., a new gingrich campaign rally in tampa and a mitt romney campaign rally at 6:10 p.m. eastern. >> tonight,ftc commissioners tore the consumer electronics show in las vegas. this is the second in a series of developments in communications and consumer technology. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. . >> this morning, american conservative union chairman and florida republican party discusses the role of conservatives in the 2012 gop primary. then janet murguia, president and ceo o

. >> michael hastings wrote about the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in the 2010 issue of "rolling stone". i said it is between you and lady gaga. i was making a joke. general mccrystal replied put me and lady gaga in a heart shaped tub. i thought this is a different kind of general and a different story. >> several months later as a result of the article general mccrystal had been fired. michael hastings talked about the article sunday night. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend american history tv, 48 hours of people and events. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and join in the conversation on these social media sites. >>> the u.s. army chief of staff friday spoke with reporters about the pentagon's new budget proposal and how it could effect the army. he told it reporters that two u.s. army brigades would leave europe. this is about half an hour. >>> i have about ten minutes and then i want to open it up for any questions that you

. >> michael hastings wrote in the june 2010 issue of rolling stone. >>. >> i said well, sir, i think it's between you and lady gaga. i was just trying to make some joke, not knowing that lady gaga was actually going to be on the cover. general mcchrystal replied just put me and lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub. and i thought this is a different kind of general, this is going to be a different kind of story. >> but just several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story and talks about his new book "the operators," sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. . >>> secretary of state hillary clinton said today that she is ready to leave the, quote, high-wire of american politics. she reiterated her plans to leave government service, even if president obama is elected to a second term. at a town hall meeting at the state department today, she also touched on u.s. policy toward iraq, afghanistan, and other parts of the globe. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the secretary of state's town hall meetin

. >> michael hastings wrote about the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. in the june 2010 issue of "rolling stone." >> i said, well, sir, i think it's between you and layidy gag. i was making a joke. general mcchrystal replied, just put me and lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub. i thought like, this is -- this is a different kind of general. this is going to be a different kind of story. >> but several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story and talks about his new book "the operators" on c-span's q&a. >>> we're talking with dave zuchowski, executive vice president of hyundai usa. mr. zuchowski, how many hyundais are made in the u.s.? how many people are employed by hyundai in the u.s.? >> we represent 94,000 jobs in the private sector. we have two assembly plants and produce about 420,000 vehicles. so we sell -- we sold about 645,000 vehicles in 2011. and about 420 of them were built in the united states. >> where are your plants? >> we have a plant in montgomery, alabama, and a plant i

michael hastings, our guest this sunday, 8:00 p.m. this sunday on q & a on c-span radio. he discusses his book, "the operators." >> and welcome back to washington today here on c-span radio. we welcome listeners coast to coast on km channel 119. beat are the 90.1 fm in our nation's capital and streamed at radio.o radio.org. tomorrow the candidates heading to south florida for a hispanic leadership conference. tomorrow at 11:00 eastern time, newt gingrich delivering remarks before the gathering. about 12:30, mitt romney will be speaking there. all eyes tonight on jacksonville and the debate that will take place on cnn. we'll have a chance to reair that debate this weekend. get information by logging on to c-span.o c-span.org. >> the president using the backdrop of the u.p.s. facilities in las vegas, nevada to be talk about his energy policies. he was using it also, according to the las vegas sun up to fend off critics have stifled domestic energy production. the preds today announcing the administration will open up 38 million acres of oil and gas drilling along the xwufl

." >> michael hastings wrote about the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in the june 2010 issue of "rolling stone." >> i said, well, sir, i think it's between you and lady gaga. you know, i was just trying to make some joke, not knowing lady gaga was actually going to be on the cover. general mcchrystal replied "just put me and lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub." and i thought this is a different kind of general. this is going to be a different kind of story. >> but several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story and talks about his new book "the operators" on c-span's q&a. >>> c-span's road to the white house coverage takes you live to the events in florida through the weekend leading up to tuesday's galena park primary. >> by the end of my second term. we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be american. and by the end of 2020, we will have the first continuous propulsion system in space, capable of getting to mars in a remarkably

. >> michael hastings wrote about general mcchrystal in the january 2010 version of "rolling stone." >> i said, sir, i think it's between you you and lady gaga. just put me and lady gaga in a heart shaped tub. i thought, this is going to be a different story. just several months later, general mcchrystal had been fired and michael hastings continues will the story and talks about the operators. >> i do believe that the west for all of its historical shortcoming shortcomings. for all of these shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable university -- >> in 1991, the united states was the only global superpower. today, counter restored status in the world. from former national security advisers on his strategic vision, saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, did fdr use world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch. that's saturday at 11:00 p.m. and sunday night at 10:00, the new privacy is no privacy. lori andrews on how your rights are being eroided by social networks. book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >>>

i don't care about the article, >> michael hastings wrotet ver. commander of the u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in the 2010 june issue of "rolling stone." >> i said, sir, it's between you and lady gaga not knowing she was going to be on the cover. >> he replied just put me an lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub. i thought this is a different kind of general, a different kind of story. >> several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story sunday night on q&a. >> it would be intolerable if a handful of violent people, and that is what it is, just a handful, could harden us against needed change. i've seen an uglier and it

book from michael hastings the rolling stone reporter the rolling stone reporter who broke that story about general stanley mcchrystal now rolling stone is certainly a bigger news organization but it's it's not what you consider and major type of political news they broke that story and they were largely denigrated by the traditional mainstream media organizations that are potentially going to be part of this effort to financially penalize those who criticize those mainstream media organizations so i guess the point here that that day was making over firedoglake and i think it's worth repeating the notion that the only institutions doing real journalism in this society are the old traditional legacy organizations is rob it's not acceptable it's not true and continuing to forward that idea i think only highlights the shortcomings of those traditional news organizations because it's so patently untrue it's a now they've set up the company news right is going ahead is there any way to stop a they think there's going to be a big fight over this or will they make people pay up. i think wha

. >> michael hastings wrote about the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in the june 2010 issue of "rolling stone." >> i said, well, sir, i think it's between you and lady gaga. you know, i was just making -- trying to make some joke, not knowing lady gaga was actually going to be on the cover. general mcchrystal replied just put me and lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub. and i thought this is a different kind of general. this is going to be a different kind of story. >> but just several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story and talks about his new book "the operators," sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the center for strategic and international studies held a discussion friday on the newly released fiscal year 2013 defense budget. secretary panetta unveiled the $525 billion package with an additional request of $88.4 billion for overseas operations yesterday. defense and budget analysts examined the numbers and expressed some concerns. this

that a son she actually has a few regrets so her discuss it with me is michael hastings rolling stone contributing editor and author of the operators michael thanks so much for coming on and i think you have just had you on last week talking about mcchrystal now you got assigned to tell me about that why the sunday agree to do an interview with you i've been talking to the wiki leaks people for about a month i felt the songs was a fascinating figure in some ways i could relate to bear on a very small scale what it's like when when other when the government starts to really criticize your work and that's up to me a couple times and i've been out there defending wiki leaks and the mission of what they're doing because i think it's very important and there were very few journalists who were actually going out there and saying hey you know this is a good thing they're doing i think that a lot of people are probably carious about what his state it's like he's been under house arrest has this thing around his ankle been locked away for months and nobody really gets to see him what's what's

but now rolling stone's michael hastings had the rare opportunity to actually sit down with the wiki leaks founder one on one while he's under house arrest in london and awaiting his final appeal attempt with the british supreme court which is set for friday february first of this year three days that hastings spent with a songe also happen to be during bradley manning's article thirty two pretrial hearing that was held at fort meade last month so what is a songe have to say for himself about the u.s. government's case against him about the western media as abandonment of him eruptions we've seen across the world in the form of protest and revolution and the future of wiki leaks he things learns that a songe actually has a few regrets so here discuss it with me is michael hastings rolling stone contributing editor and author of the operators michael thanks so much for coming on and i think just last week talking about mcchrystal now you got a son tell me about that why the sons agree to do an interview with you i've been talking to the wiki leaks people for about a month i felt the s

>>> in a new behind the scenes book on american forces in afghanistan, called the operators, michael hastings us, you first came to the national stage with the rolling stone article on stanley mcchristal. i want to talk about the subject of the book and the frustration that is there is regarding rules of engagement and the hatred that the troops have for the avenue fw afghans. >> this is really about the run away military and it's kind of the not safe for work version of your book about afghanistan. the strategy is with the rules of engagement, you are talking about american servicemen who feel like they are not allowed to defend themselves. and in the story we detail in the bob, one of the soldiers was killed because they were not allowed to do these things. petraious dialed that back after taking over. >> we had in the news, the photo, the images of u.s. troops desecrating the body of dead insurgery ants. there's clearly a lot of stress on these men. if we talk about the wars in afghanistan, the american public has looked a lot away. there's not a great amount of attention paid to veterans

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michael hastings continues the story and talks about his new book "the operators" sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> i do believe that the west for all of its historical shortcomings, and i'm scathing in my book in discussing these shortcomings, because they have to be admitted, for all of these shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable, universally workable, political culture. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global super power. today, how to restore its status in the world. from former national security adviser brzeninski. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "after words." also this weekend on "book tv" did fdr use world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch? sunday night at 10:00, the new privacy is no privacy. "book tv" every weekend on c-span 2. >>> earlier this month, indiana governor mitch daniels gave his final state of the state address. he spoke about education reform, infrastructure spending and the right to work legislation on union rights. his remarks from the state house in indianapolis a

michael hastings continues the story and talked about his new book. tonight at 8:00. >> leonard curry is the florida republican chairman joining us on this "newsmakers." let me begin by asking you about the timing of the florida primary. they moved it up to influence the process. are you having the influence you wanted? >> let me talk about how that happened. the legal authority about the primary date rests with the florida legislature. the republican party of florida has no authority in that. all throughout the process, we said we agreed that florida should be early and should be by itself. our voice would represent what we are in the states, large, diverse. we should be heard loud and clear. when the committee made the decision to move our primary to january 31, they were acting in what they believe is in the best interests of the republicans in the state of florida. given the way things have played out, it looks like it has worked out. florida is it. it is competitive. whatever happens on tuesday will send a clear message to the country. >> you got