White House Counsel Craig resigning
White House Counsel Gregory Craig is resigning and will be replaced by Bob Bauer, a Democratic lawyer who has worked for President Barack Obama, the White House said on Friday.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, one of President Barack Obama's top advisers, is resigning to become an outside political adviser for Obama's re-election campaign as part of a major staff shake-up Gibbs, 39, a fierce loyalist and defender of the president during near-daily White House news briefings, will leave in early February, aides said.