McChrystal Relieved of Duty over Comments
A senior administration official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama has accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan over blistering remarks about administration officials in an interview.
After an Oval Office showdown with McChrystal in the morning, Obama huddled with a bigger group of war advisers and then planned to announce his decision on the general's fate to the nation. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity, because the president's announcement was not yet public. Obama was speaking at 1:30 p.m. EDT in the Rose Garden about the controversy.
Obama is naming Gen. David Petreaus, who now oversees in the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq as head of U.S. Central Command, as McChrystal's successor, the source said.
CBS/AP After an Oval Office showdown with McChrystal in the morning, Obama huddled with a bigger group of war advisers and then planned to announce his decision on the general's fate to the nation. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity, because the president's announcement was not yet public. Obama was speaking at 1:30 p.m. EDT in the Rose Garden about the controversy.
Obama is naming Gen. David Petreaus, who now oversees in the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq as head of U.S. Central Command, as McChrystal's successor, the source said.
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