Craig Out, Gitmo Retreat Coming

Courtesy Donklephant  Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:40am

Greg Craig, White House Counsel, has tendered his resignation (PDF file), in what The Washington Post calls the administration’s highest level shake up:

The departure comes after months of dissatisfaction over Craig’s management of Guantanamo policy and other matters and less than a month after officials said Craig was no longer guiding the effort to close the prison.

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