Dissed: Obama sacks General for Critical Remarks
By JENNIFER LOVEN and ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press
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 and is replacing him with Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command.
McChrystal was pushed out over his blistering remarks about administration officials quoted in a magazine interview.
The official spoke only on condition of anonymity, because the president's announcement was not yet public.
Petraeus now oversees the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
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