Top White House Lawyer Greg Craig Quitting

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press
Fri, 11/13/2009 - 8:01am

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

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