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White House lawyer who led Gitmo efforts quitting

Quick ReadTop White House lawyer Greg Craig quitting; led efforts to keep Obama promise to close Gitmo

TOKYO (AP) — The White House's top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime adviser to Barack Obama.

White House counsel Greg Craig, who's leaving in early January, has been the subject of repeated questions about his future since late summer. Centered on talk that Obama's promise to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison by January had gone awry under Craig's...

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