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AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Anthony Romero, the head of the ACLU, who I'm going to meet at dinner with tonight, just penned a piece for the Huffington Post about Gitmo. It's fascinating to see how so many different issues are suffer from the same lack of backbone in the administration: Unfortunately, instead of continuing to passionately pursue the quick closure of Guantánamo, some members of the administration have played...
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Election Law (Free subscription) | yesterday
ABC News: "There have been discussions at the White House about Dunn’s husband, Bob Bauer, replacing White House counsel Greg Craig. Today's move presumably makes that switch more likely."...
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Salon.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Obama's about to lose his second White House communications director since taking office. Anita Dunn, who took the job on an interim basis after Ellen Moran left to become chief of staff at the Commerce Department in April, will be resigning at the end of this month, the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports. According to Cillizza, Dunn's deputy, Dan Pfeiffer, will be the next person...
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The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The New York Times reports on the continuing speculation over whether White House Counsel Greg Craig is on the way out. As President Obama’s top lawyer, Mr. Craig has been at the center of thorny decisions on closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and revising interrogation and detention policies, problems that have bedeviled the new [...]
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Truthdig (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The gossipy schoolchildren who make up Washington’s power elite have sunk their claws into White House counsel Greg Craig. The president’s top lawyer has had one of the toughest jobs in the building—reversing George W. Bush’s torture policies, finding a Supreme Court justice and vetting some of the most complex legislation ever—and he has the scars to prove it. —PZS...
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First Read (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
From NBC's Kelly PaiceDespite the criticism and very reliable rumors to the contrary, Gregory Craig said on Friday that he has no intention of resigning from his post as White House counsel anytime soon. In an interview with The National Law Journal, Craig said, "I have no plans to leave whatsoever," and he described his relationship with the president as "excellent." A man with...
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The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By GottaLaff Stop all that gossiping out there in D.C. Who do you think you are, Perez Hilton? White House Counsel Greg Craig is trying to put to rest rumors that his time as the president’s top in-house lawyer is coming to an untimely end, according to a report by the National Law Journal . "' I have no plans to leave whatsoever ,'" Craig reportedly told the legal publication. "'...
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
...over the Gitmo mess, why not also pin the Copenhagen-Olympic committee fiasco on him ? No other clear fall guy (or gal ) has yet emerged, after all--but the press certainly wants one. Indeed, it makes Machiavellian sense to hang as many muck-ups on Craig as possible (Van Jones comes to mind) before sacrificing him at the media altar. Just think of Craig as Wee-Bey from "The Wire"--claiming...
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Political Wire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Politico : "Greg Craig, the top in-house lawyer for President Barack Obama, is getting the blame for botching the strategy to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison by January -- so much so that he's expected to leave the White House in short order. But sources familiar with the process believe Craig is being set-up as the fall guy and say the blame for missing the deadline extends well beyond him."...
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Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
That's the view of a couple retired generals who've been trotted out by Human Rights First. They do not blame Greg Craig or Barack Obama for the failure to meet the January 22nd deadline to close the prison at Guantanamo...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
WaPo reported Friday that the White House is "working to recover from missteps that have put officials behind schedule" in closing Guantanamo. Greg Craig, charged with leading the mission, is being replaced by Pete Rouse. Craig was caught off guard...
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Red State (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
More accurately, it was a source from the White House Counsel’s office : The counsel’s office places part of the blame on the Office for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, which is overseen by Obama Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Valerie Jarrett . Jones’s “czar” job was created by the OIAPE, and Jarrett interviewed Jones for the position....
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The Blog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Bob Beckel said on Fox this morning that Obama White House green jobs czar Van Jones will be canned by Tuesday. Beckel reasoned that Jones's background is simply indefensible for a White house appointment, and wondered if the FBI screwed up because they must not have uncovered this in the vetting process. Former White House staffers I’ve spoken with say they would bet the FBI uncovered much...
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