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Update from Politico:
"The president wanted to take the opportunity to get together with Gen. McChrystal," explained White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. "The President realized that he would be close and thought it was a good opportunity to continue the conversation and discussion about Afghanistan and Pakistan that happened -- at least started in the middle of September in a meeting and continued in the Situation Room for three hours on Wednesday."
Gibbs said the possibility of meeting was first raised on Wednesday, when Obama phoned McChrystal prior to meeting with him and other advisers to discuss Afghanistan.
Asked for a response to McChrystal's comments in London, which seemed to criticize the more restrained Afghanistan strategy reportedly advocated by Vice President Biden, Gibbs demurred.
"I haven't had an opportunity to talk to [the president] about it, and I'll see what we can get after this meeting," Gibbs said.
