Key Guantanamo Counsel Leaving the Obama Team ; President Calls Departing Craig a 'Huge Asset' and 'Close Friend'

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President Obama's choice to unravel the tangle of legal questions on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison announced his resignation Friday, ending speculation about the fate of White House Counsel Greg Craig that began as the president's goal to close the prison by January began to falter.

Mr. Craig, whose resignation became public as the president landed in Tokyo for a week-long tour of East Asia, is the highest- ranking departure so far in Mr. Obama's 10-month presidency.

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Key Guantanamo Counsel Leaving the Obama Team ; President Calls Departing Craig a 'Huge Asset' and 'Close Friend'

He will be replaced by Bob Bauer - a veteran Washington lawyer and Obama adviser whose wife, Anita Dunn, is leaving her post as White House communications director at the end of the month...

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