Posted on 06/02/2011 4:09:47 PM PDT by ColdOne
Bob Bauer is resigning as the top lawyer in the White House, the Obama administration announced Thursday morning. Kathy Ruemmler, a deputy, will take the job.
Bauer will return to the Perkins Coie law firm at the end of June but will still be a "general counsel" to President Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee, as well as a "personal lawyer" to Obama, the White House says.
“Bob is a good friend and has served as a trusted advisor for many years,” Obama said in a statement. “Bob was a critical member of the White House team. He has exceptional judgment, wisdom, and intellect, and he will continue to be one of my close advisors.”
Obama said of Ruemmler: “Kathy is an outstanding lawyer with impeccable judgment. Together, Bob and Kathy have led the White House Counsel’s office,
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Gettin’ out while the gettin’s good. Now he can go tour China with his lizard, er, I mean his wife and study Mao Say Tongue some more.
Nuts. Saw the headline and was hoping for Jack. But I should have know that the Dems don’t know Jack.
This will be Obama’s third WH counsel? Hmmmm.
Attorney who works for the firm who protects Obama’s lies about his birth certificate.
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