‘Colbert Report’: Toppling Gen. McChrystal

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‘Colbert Report’: Toppling Gen. McChrystal

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Rolling Stone’s It Boy Michael Hastings shows up in this clip from Monday’s “Colbert Report” to clarify that he didn’t have an explicit agenda to get Gen. Stanley McChrystal fired, even though that’s what ended up happening. —KA

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