Clinton White House lawyer named top Obama counsel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is naming a veteran of president Bill Clinton's White House as his new top lawyer. Neil Eggleston will replace Obama's long-time counsel Kathryn Ruemmler who is leaving after three years in the job.
Eggleston is a Washington lawyer who gained prominence as a White House lawyer during congressional investigations into President Clinton's Whitewater real estate transactions. He also served as deputy chief counsel of the House special committee that investigated the Iran-Contra affair that ensnarled president Ronald Reagan.
Obama says he has valued Ruemmler's, quote, "uncanny ability to see around the corners that nobody else in the room anticipates."
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