Reporters asked Attorney General Eric Holder about the departure of White House counsel Greg Craig, and Holder said he was “a little surprised” by the news.
Holder also said Craig was getting “unfair proportion of the blame” for the delay of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
“Greg Craig is a great lawyer, he has been a great friend to the Justice Department,” Holder said.
Holder also thanked Craig for his role in the “success” of the Obama administration, including the “effort” to close Gitmo.
