Washington (CNN) -- America's top military commander in Afghanistan is unlikely to survive the fallout from remarks he made about colleagues in a magazine profile to be published Friday, according to a Pentagon source who has ongoing contacts with the general.
The White House has asked the Pentagon to make a list of possible replacements for Gen. Stanley McChrystal, because President Obama wants to be ready if he decides to fire McChrystal, a senior administration official told CNN Wednesday.
McChrystal will likely resign Wednesday, the Pentagon source said. His fate is expected to hinge on a meeting scheduled Wednesday with Obama, who was "angry" after reading the general's remarks in Rolling Stone.
The general will meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday morning at the Pentagon before seeing Obama, said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor.
The "magnitude and graveness" of McChrystal's mistake in conducting the interview for the article were "profound," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said McChrystal had "made a significant mistake and exercised poor judgment".
