Quietly, but outta there. Talk about bad judgment!
In a one-on-one meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Gates, who had pushed to make General McChrystal the commander in Afghanistan, pleaded with Mr. Obama to hear him out, an official said. Mr. Gates warned that removing the commander would be hugely disruptive. He worried in particular about “continuity, momentum, and relations with allies,” said a senior official, who was involved in the meetings. ...NYT
Robert Gates is due to leave soon, if I remember correctly. And there's no point in making a big deal of it. But any SecDef who pleads for a disloyal officer is a bad SecDef. Disloyalty is sometimes an act of genuine patriotism, but not in this case.