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General Stanley A. McChrystal, recalled to Washington over the Rolling Stone article in which he made contemptuous remarks about top administration officials, met with Obama Wednesday morning at the White House to learn whether he would keep his job as the top American commander in Afghanistan.
McChrystal has prepared a letter of resignation, though Obama had not said whether he would accept it.
Over all, the magazine article depicted General McChrystal at the head of a small circle of aides engaged in almost locker-room trash talk as they discussed foreign policy, the French, their allegiance to each other and their own concerns about course of the war.
Obama was angered at the comments in the article. One administration official described Mr. Obama as being particularly furious at a McChrystal aide’s characterization of him as not seeming “very engaged” during their first White House meeting.
Even though many advisers fear changing commanders at this stage of the war, there was speculation at the Pentagon and the White House about who could replace General McChrystal.
READ THIS STORY AT NYTIMES.COM
Niamh Marnell earned a master's degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago where she examined organizations and power from the perspective of political science and sociology. You can follow her at http://twitter.com/NiamhMarnell.
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NYT: McChrystal’s Fate in Limbo as He Arrives at White House
By Niamh Marnell, on June 23rd, 2010
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McChrystal has prepared a letter of resignation, though Obama had not said whether he would accept it.
Over all, the magazine article depicted General McChrystal at the head of a small circle of aides engaged in almost locker-room trash talk as they discussed foreign policy, the French, their allegiance to each other and their own concerns about course of the war.
Obama was angered at the comments in the article. One administration official described Mr. Obama as being particularly furious at a McChrystal aide’s characterization of him as not seeming “very engaged” during their first White House meeting.
Even though many advisers fear changing commanders at this stage of the war, there was speculation at the Pentagon and the White House about who could replace General McChrystal.
READ THIS STORY AT NYTIMES.COM
Niamh Marnell
Niamh Marnell earned a master's degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago where she examined organizations and power from the perspective of political science and sociology. You can follow her at http://twitter.com/NiamhMarnell.
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