the car companies. the u.s. defense department says it will not allow rolling stone reporter michael hastings to accompany troops in the afghan war zone. this follows the major fallout from his last article which mocked the obama administration. mcchrystal was fired and the military faced sharp new questions about the u.s. strategy there. michael hastings joins me now. he has a article on u.s. helicopter pilots in the september edition of men s journal. thanks for being with us. thanks for having me here. you were offered a chance to be embedded with the troops but at the end of the month that s when the rolling stone article on stanny ley mcchrystal came . the letter said i had been approved for the embed that was