23 June,2010 06:59 AM IST | | Agencies
United States' Afghan war commander Gen Stanley McChrystal reportedly submitted his resignation today following comments he made against US President Barack Obama to a magazine reporter. The move comes hours after the White House said McChrystal's job appeared to be in jeopardy as an infuriated Obama summoned the commander to Washington to explain his extraordinary complaints about the president.
Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs said "the magnitude of the mistake here are profound" and repeatedly declined to say McChrystal's job was safe.
McChrystal publicly apologised for using "poor judgment" in interviews for a story in Rolling Stone. He then left Afghan to appear at the White House today.
In the article, McChrystal complains that Obama handed him "an unsellable position" on the war, back when he was pressing for more troops than the administration was then prepared to send.
