President Barack Obama announced on Friday that White House counsel Greg Craig will resign and named as his replacement Robert Bauer, a Democratic election lawyer who also has served as Obama’s personal lawyer.
Craig fell into disfavor with other top officials over his handling of Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. The announcement, made in a written statement, came just hours after the president arrived in Japan for a weeklong trip to Asia.
The White House said Bauer, currently lead counsel to the Democratic National Committee, would take over by year’s end. In the statement, Obama praised Craig as a “close friend and trusted adviser who tackled many tough challenges as White House counsel.” He cited Craig’s work in helping to select Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, setting new ethics policies at the White House and crafting new legal policies regarding national security.
In a letter to the president, Craig said, “It has been a busy first year, and I feel very lucky to have been part of it.”
Neither man mentioned Gitmo. But Craig’s exit was announced on the same day that Attorney General Eric Holder will announce the U.S. is bringing five detainees from Guantanamo Bay — including self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — to New York City to stand trial. - Politico Story
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Intellectuals are a dime a dozen. Just show them the money. Ha Ha
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