Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who was fired by President Obama last week as the top U.S. general in the war in Afghanistan, has told the Army that he will retire.

An Army spokesman, Col. Tom Collins, said McChrystal, 55, notified the service of his plans on Monday but has not yet submitted formal retirement papers. It is not clear when the general will leave the service, but the process usually takes a few months.
In announcing McChrystal's ouster last week, Obama praised his long Army career but said his intemperate remarks in a Rolling Stone magazine article that appeared earlier in the week could not be abided.
McChrystal apologized for the remarks and flew to Washington to resign as commanding general of the war.
(Source: washingpost.com)