Helene Cooper Thom Shanker Dexter Filkins Nyt News Service

Gen Stanley A McChrystal left the White House after meeting with President Obama for about 20 minutes, departing ahead of a meeting on the Afghanistan war scheduled for later Wednesday morning, but there was no immediate word on whether he would keep his job as the top American commander in Afghanistan.

President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan flew to Washington on Tuesday to find out whether he would be fired for remarks he and members of his staff made that were contemptuous of senior administration officials, laying bare the disarray and enmity in a foreign-policy team that is struggling with the war. (Read: Who is Gen McChrystal) In an a...

Gen Stanley A McChrystal left the White House after meeting with President Obama for about 20 minutes, departing ahead of a meeting on the Afghanistan war scheduled for later Wednesday morning, but there was no immediate word on whether he would keep his job as the top American commander in Afghanistan.

President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan flew to Washington on Tuesday to find out whether he would be fired for remarks he and members of his staff made that were contemptuous of senior administration officials, laying bare the disarray and enmity in a foreign-policy team that is struggling with the war. (Read: Who is Gen McChrystal) In an a...