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[[Image:Gregcraig.jpg‎|right]]'''Gregory Bestor "Greg" Craig''' (born March 4, 1945) is a prominent Washington lawyer who served as the White House Counsel under President [[Barack Obama]] from January through November 2009. Additionally, he served as Assistant to the President and Special Counsel during the [[Clinton administration]], where he represented [[President Clinton]] during his Senate [[impeachment]] trial. As an attorney Craig's most controversial client was [[John Hinckley, Jr.]], who attempted to assassinate President [[Ronald Reagan]], and helped put together an insanity defense that led to Hinckley's acquittal.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_9_52/ai_61892064/</ref>

[[Image:Gregcraig.jpg‎|right]]'''Gregory Bestor "Greg" Craig''' (born March 4, 1945) is a prominent Washington lawyer who served as the White House Counsel under President [[Barack Obama]] from January through November 2009. Additionally, he served as Assistant to the President and Special Counsel during the [[Clinton administration]], where he represented [[President Clinton]] during his Senate [[impeachment]] trial. As an attorney, Craig's most controversial client was [[John Hinckley, Jr.]], who attempted to assassinate President [[Ronald Reagan]], and helped put together an insanity defense that led to Hinckley's acquittal.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_9_52/ai_61892064/</ref>

Craig resigned from the [[Obama administration]] after frustration among senior White House aides in a dispute over President Obama's failure to abide by campaign promises to close [[Guantanamo Bay]].<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/12/top-white-house-lawyer-pushed-out/</ref> In January 2009 Obama had signed an [[executive order]] to close the prison by the end of January 2010; the prison remained opened into his second term.

Craig resigned from the [[Obama administration]] after frustration among senior White House aides in a dispute over President Obama's failure to abide by campaign promises to close [[Guantanamo Bay]].<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/12/top-white-house-lawyer-pushed-out/</ref> In January 2009 Obama had signed an [[executive order]] to close the prison by the end of January 2010; the prison remained open into his second term.

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