President Obama met with Gen. Stanley McChrystal Friday in Denmark to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan, They met aboard Air Force One as Obama finished a visit to pitch the U.S. bid for the 2016 summer Olympics.
McChrystal, who'd beenin London for a speech, flew to Copenhagen for the 25-minute face-to-face meeting, sitting with Obama in the forward cabin of the plane for he left and Obama then took off to return home to Washington.
Obama's been under fire for speaking only occasionally with the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The general participated via video hookup in a White House meeting Wednesday on his proposal for a new strategy in the war that also would require more U.S. troops.
"The president wanted to take the opportunity to get together with Gen. McChyrstal," said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
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