The night before I began my career as a presidential campaign reporter, in September 2007, I finished Theodore White's 'The Making of… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
As for the like of Hillary Clinton, I - you know, I've covered Secretary of State Clinton before. I covered her during… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
In campaign reporting more than any other kind of press coverage, reporters aren't just covering a story, they're a part of it… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness'… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive. — Michael Hastings Copy Share
The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
If Bill O'Reilly is calling you a far-left critic, in my book, no matter what your political persuasion is, that's probably - that probably… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
I'm post-cynical on this stuff. I look at the El Salvador model as the glory days: Why don't we just fund the death squads… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
Whether or not Afghanistan would be a peaceful nation-state had we not gone into Iraq I doubt. Afghanistan is going to be Afghanistan, no… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
One of their major initiatives was getting all officers on Facebook. So the question is, why are these people who are there to train… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
It was interesting watching the Afghanistan war review deliberations, this three-month process where Barack Obama did the most thorough foreign policy review ever by… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
Inside the White House there were always extreme amounts of doubt about whether they should be escalating in Afghanistan. In fact, most of the… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
The State Department is essentially... I was going to use the word useless. But I don't know if that's correct. — Michael Hastings Copy Share
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… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
If you polled the military in Afghanistan as to how many think we should be there or not, the numbers would probably be similar… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
Afghanistan would have been difficult enough without Iraq. Iraq made it impossible. The argument that had we just focused on Afghanistan we'd now be… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
“Her name has been released to the press. Her photograph is released, too. I want to talk to the press about it. I don't… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
The frightening aspect is that it's part of a larger effort from the Pentagon to tear down the wall between public affairs and propaganda,… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then asked not… — Michael Hastings Copy Share
