US President Barack Obama was angered by a magazine profile in which the top military commander in Afghanistan criticised senior administration officials, the White House says.

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President Obama said General Stanley McChrystal had shown "poor judgement".

The general has been summoned（传唤，召集） to Washington over the Rolling Stone article, for which he has apologised.

Administration officials have so far declined to（拒绝） say that his job is safe.

Mr Obama said 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.

In the article by Michael Hastings, entitled The Runaway¹ General, Gen McChrystal is characterised as facing up to a key enemy in the war in Afghanistan: "The wimps² in the White House."

Gen McChrystal is quoted as sharply criticising the US ambassador to Kabul, Karl Eikenberry.

Aides to the general are quoted as saying he was "disappointed" when meeting President Barack Obama for the first time.

Other targets include Vice-President Joe Biden, National Security Adviser³ James Jones and the special US envoy⁴ to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.

The BBC's Kevin Connolly, in Washington, says the language and tone of Rolling Stone - a pop-culture magazine - make an uncomfortable fit with the delicate form of heavily armed diplomacy⁵ with which Gen McChrystal has been entrusted⁶（委托） in Afghanistan.

The decision to allow the publication behind-the-scenes access for a prolonged period suggests a disturbing lack of judgement somewhere in the general's inner circle, our correspondent adds.

In his first comments on the issue, President Obama said: "I think it's clear that the article in which he and his team appeared showed a poor - showed poor judgment⁷.

"But I also want to make sure that I talk to him directly before I make any final decisions."

Speaking to reporters earlier, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president was "angry".

Mr Gibbs added: "Without a doubt, General McChrystal... has made an enormous mistake. A mistake that he'll get a chance to talk about and answer to, tomorrow, to both officials in the Pentagon and the commander-in-chief.

"The purpose for calling him here is to see what in the world he was thinking."

He added that the war effort in Afghanistan was "bigger than one person".

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in a strongly worded statement he had read the Rolling Stone article "with concern".

"I believe that General McChrystal made a significant mistake and exercised poor judgment in this case.

"General McChrystal has apologised to me and is similarly reaching out to others named in this article to apologise to them as well. I have recalled Gen McChrystal to Washington to discuss this in person."