President Obama removed Gen.
Stanley A. McChrystal from his position as the top commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday and tapped Gen. David H. Petraeus to lead the war effort there, a White House official said.
Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/us/politics/24mcchrystal.html?hp
President Barack Obama's decision to fire Gen.
Stanley A. McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan and replace him with Gen. David Petraeus ... obviously reflects a desire by Obama to find a way out of a deepening policy crisis in Afghanistan.
Source:
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0623/analysis-petraeus-afghan-policy-crisis/
