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Obama Announces White House Counsel
Topic Started: Nov 16 2008, 04:39 PM (128 Views)
George K
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/16/greg_craig_selected_as_white_h.html

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Greg Craig Selected as White House Counsel

By Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Washington lawyer Gregory B. Craig, who served as President Bill Clinton's lead attorney during the 1998 impeachment proceedings, to be his White House counsel, according to an individual involved with the transition.

Craig has been a longtime adviser to former president Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, but became a close adviser to Obama during the campaign, reportedly serving as the stand-in for Sen. John McCain during debate preparations.

Transition officials declined to comment, and Craig did not return calls left on his machine.

Craig was a foreign policy adviser to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. He has defended high-profile clients, including John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, and Kennedy nephew William Kennedy Smith, who was accused of rape.

But it was his defense of Clinton on the floor of the U.S. Senate during the impeachment trial that vaulted the 63-year-old lawyer to prominence.

As White House counsel, Craig will be responsible for steering the new president through a series of legal thickets that have become controversial during the past eight years, including torture policy and the legal disposition of prisoners at Guantanamo.


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Sounds like a good choice.

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George K
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Nov 16 2008, 07:06 PM
Sounds like a good choice.
Other clients that Craig has had:

1) Elian Gonzalez's father
2) Kofi Annan
3) Pedro Pinzon (A Panamanian legislator wanted for murdering an American soldier in 1992.)
4) John Hinckley
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I heard Craig wanted a State Dept post, but he and Hillary don't get along. This might have been the first requirement for Hillary to become the Secretary of State.
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