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U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the resignation of Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, while Army General David Petraeus listens at right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Obama said McChrystal will be replaced by Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia and the architect of the counterinsurgency strategy the U.S. is pursuing in Afghanistan. Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg

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Gen. Stanley McChrystal arrives at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, for a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama, followed by, from second from left, Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joe Biden, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama, followed by Gen. David Petraeus, right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, arrives in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** President Barack Obama, accompanied by Gen. David Petraeus (center) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, announces in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 23, 2010, that Gen. Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Associated Press)

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U.S. President Barack Obama returns to the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) after announcing Gen. David Petraeus will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on June 23, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

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The Senate Armed Services Committee's ranking Republican, Sen. John McCain, left, R-Ariz., left, accompanied by fellow committee members, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walk to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to discuss the confirmation hearings for Gen. David Petraeus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Senate Armed Services Committee members, from left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to talk about confirmation hearings for Gen. David Petraeus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 20, 2010, file photo, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, then-commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan arrives to attend at the 13th Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) Meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

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Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, speaks during a House of Representatives question time at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, June 24, 2010. Ms. Gillard was sworn in leader after the ruling Labor Party ousted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Alan Porritt)

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In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, American Aijalon Mahli Gomes participates in a rally denouncing North Korean's human rights conditions at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea. North Korea threatened Thursday, June 24, 2010, to increase punishment for Mr. Gomes, who was sentenced to hard labor for illegally entering the country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

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British Prime Minister David Cameron confers by phone with President Obama. Mr. Cameron announced on Wednesday that British Lt. Gen. Nick Parker would temporarily assume Gen. McChrystal's role as commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. (Bloomberg)

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RETIRING: Gen. Stanley McChrystal arrives at the White House on Wednesday. Gen. McChrystal offered his resignation to President Obama after the general disparaged senior officials in interviews with Rolling Stone. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama speaks about the resignation of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, at the White House as Gen. David H. Petraeus listens. Mr. Obama said Gen. Petraeus, previously the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, will replace Gen. McChrystal. (Bloomberg)

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick listens to a judge sentence him in May for probation violations. Kilpatrick was indicted on federal fraud and tax charges Wednesday. He is accused of using his tax-exempt charity, the Kirkpatrick Civic Fund, as a slush fund for personal expenses. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama stands with (from second from left) Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, Vice President Joe Biden, Gen. David Petraeus, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama, followed by, from second from left, Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Gen. David Petraeus, who leads the U.S. Central Command, arrives at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, before the start of the national security team meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal leaves the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, after meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Monaco's Prince Albert, 52, and South African Charlene Wittstock, 32, are engaged to be married, the royal palace in Monaco announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Amedeo M. Turello/Monaco Palace)