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Gitmo Chief Quits

Early Exits

Only seven months into job.

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Did Gitmo get him? Phillip Carter, the Obama administration official who, as assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy, was in charge of closing Guantánamo Bay, resigned last Friday. The Pentagon cited “personal issues” for his departure only seven months into the job. His resignation comes on the heels of the resignation of White House counsel Gregory Craig, who was in charge of detainee policy.

Read it at The New York Times