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White House Lawyer in Trouble for Doing His JobPosted on Oct 21, 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 nation’s most complex legislation—and he has the scars to prove it. —PZS
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By blubonnet, October 22 at 9:41 am #
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What a sad place we are in this country, when doing the right thing, like getting rid of torture and the symbol for it, Guantanomo, marginalizes your credibility.
Report thisBy ardee, October 21 at 11:30 pm #
And, really, how many people
care about Guantanamo?
Those who do not certainly should.
Report thisBy MeHere, October 21 at 8:02 pm #
If this report is factual, and if Craig has the Washington experience he appears to
Report thishave, you have to ask yourself: what on earth was he thinking when took the
present post? And he still wants to stay on…. He may be the perfect man for the
job —someone who looks good politically for Obama’s promise of “change” but
whom Obama and his team don’t intend to support. And, really, how many people
care about Guantanamo?