WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of Western forces in Afghanistan, was summoned to Washington on Tuesday to explain unflattering comments about senior members of the Obama administration that appeared in a magazine profile.
Earlier in the day, before his planned departure from Afghanistan, McChrystal issued a statement apologizing for the remarks that appeared in a forthcoming profile in Rolling Stone magazine, calling his own comments a “mistake reflecting poor judgment.”
McChrystal would arrive in Washington in time for Wednesday’s monthly White House meeting between Obama and top advisers on the Afghan war.
In the Rolling Stone profile, McChrystal and his advisers appear to ridicule Vice President Joe Biden and are portrayed as dismissive of civilian supervision of the war.
The article said McChrystal’s staff frequently derided top civilian leaders, including special envoy Richard C. Holbrooke and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry.
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