Journalist Michael Hastings dies at 33

Michael Hastings, the journalist whose reporting led to the ouster of the commander of American forces in Afghanistan in 2010, died in a car crash on Tuesday, his employer announced. Mr. Hastings, 33, died in Los Angeles, said the employer, BuzzFeed.Michael Hastings, the journalist whose reporting led to the ouster of the commander of American forces in Afghanistan in 2010, died in a car crash on Tuesday, his employer announced. Mr. Hastings, 33, died in Los Angeles, said the employer, BuzzFeed.Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings, 33, was killed in a car accident in Los Angeles, the site announced this evening. Editor in chief Ben Smith released a statement praising Mr. Hastings. “Michael was a great, fearless Jack Lew's autograph is measurably less terrible than it used to be. On the just-unveiled $5 bill, “at least one letter, and perhaps two is legible” in the Treasury

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