Obama has accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

President Obama said Wednesday he is replacing McChrystal with General David Petraeus.

McChrystal resigned from the post following comments he and his staff made mocking senior members of the Obama administration in a magazine article.

Earlier Wednesday, McChrystal met with President Obama in the Oval Office after being summoned back to Washington to discuss the comments.

McChrystal left the White House after the closed half-hour meeting, and was not seen returning to attend President Obama’s monthly meeting with his national security team as expected.

Before leaving for Washington, McChrystal said the profile published in Rolling Stone was a mistake that never should have happened.

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