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The top US military commander in Afghanistan is expected to learn his fate on Wednesday after being summoned by President Barack Obama to explain his criticism of leading officials.
Gen Stanley McChrystal and Mr Obama both said the statements in Rolling Stone magazine showed "poor judgement". Gen McChrystal is expected to have a one-on-one meeting with Mr Obama. He will also face a number of those he criticised at the monthly White House meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Gen McChrystal was scheduled to arrive back in Washington in the early hours local time.
The Afghanistan-Pakistan meeting is scheduled for late morning Washington time and it is not clear whether the one-to-one meeting will be before or after that. Gen McChrystal may also have a one-on-one with Defence Secretary Robert Gates.
Gen McChrystal quickly apologised for the magazine article, The Runaway General, written by Michael Hastings and due out on Friday, extending his "sincerest apology" and saying it showed a lack of integrity.
"It was a mistake reflecting poor judgement and should never have happened," he said. President Obama said on Tuesday he wanted to talk with the general in person before deciding what action to take.
US media reports said Gen McChrystal had submitted his resignation, but it was up to the president to decide whether to accept it. There has been no official comment on the reports.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president was "angry" and that Gen McChrystal had made "an enormous mistake".
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I don't know much about American military but, way I see it is this guy McChrystal serves his country during the longest war the Americans have ever had and now, because he says something that a lot of others are thinking (if we're being honest)the President wants to hang him out to dry ?
Obama needs to toughen up, doesn't he have other things of far more importance to deal with like when next to play golf ?
