In a brief press conference at The White House Wednesday, President Obama confirmed that Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of his duty as Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, and will be replaced by Gen. David Petraeus.
The resignation (or firing,depending on who’s telling the story) nips at the heels of disparaging comments McChrystal made about Obama and his aides were printed on the pages of a recent issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. The president said his decision to replace McChrystal was based on what’s best for the Nation, not injury from “personal insult.”
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