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Michael Hastings on the Political Fallout of the General Petraeus Scandal

November 13, 2012

Welcome back folks! We are back live today. Joining Sam today is BuzzFeed correspondent and Rolling Stone Contributing Editor, Michael Hastings (@mmhastings) to make sense of the emerging of the Petraeus story and how it might affect the Afghan war.

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