WASHINGTON — In the first senior-level shake-up of the Obama administration, White House Counsel Gregory Craig is stepping down, to be replaced by Perkins Coie partner Robert Bauer, the White House announced on Friday.

For months, rumors of Craig’s impending departure have swirled around Washington. He denied the reports, telling The National Law Journal in an Oct. 9 interview, “I have no plans to leave.”

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