President Barack Obama meets with Army Lt. Gen. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stanley_A._McChrystal" title="Stanley A. McChrystal">Stanley A. McChrystal</a>, in the Oval Office at the White House, May 19, 2009. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates recommended that the president nominate McChrystal as the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Pete_Souza" class="extiw" title="w:en:Pete Souza"><span title="American photographer">Pete Souza</span></a>
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Taken on 19 May 2009
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