Photo: #President Barack Obama stands with Gen. David Petraeus and Vice President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to announce that Petraeus will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
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President Barack Obama stands with Gen. David Petraeus and Vice President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to announce that Petraeus will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Charles Dharapak/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Obama fires McChrystal, replaces him with Petraeus


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President Barack Obama announces that he has fired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, in the aftermath of the general's remarks about administration officials in a magazine interview. The firing came after a face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office.

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