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Did Greg Craig Bungle Dawn Johnsen’s OLC Nomination?

By | 11.17.09 | 10:24 am

Greg Craig announced his departure as White House counsel on Friday, and you can Google for yourself all the Internet-dispersed acrimony and recriminations that his vexed tenure has inspired. This, however, via Marcy Wheeler, is news to me. Marc Ambinder:

The White House was also dissatisfied with Craig’s

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Greg Craig: I’m Not Resigning

By | 10.13.09 | 10:09 am

White House Counsel Gregory Craig, a longtime Washington insider who’s faced mounting criticism for his role in the Obama administration’s plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, said on Friday that he has no plans to resign from his post.

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Karl Rove Even More Influential in U.S. Attorney Firings Than Previously Known

By | 07.31.09 | 11:50 am

Emails provided to the House Judiciary Committee at closed-door hearings yesterday reveal that President George W. Bush’s political adviser Karl Rove and other high-ranking officials in the former administration had even more influence over the politically charged firings of U.S. attorneys three years ago than has been previously revealed.

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