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Gregory B. Craig

Nickname: Greg

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Gregory B. Craig has direct or once-removed relationships with 3,192 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 99% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 99

Influence: Craig has a Muckety influence index of 99 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 99

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Gregory B. Craig

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Gender: Male

Address: Lives and/or works in Washington, DC

Areas of interest:

nonprofits

entertainment & sports

education

business

finance

media

politics & government

Craig is a graduate of Harvard University and Cambridge University and Yale Law School.

Personal social network: Much of Craig's Muckety comes from personal connections.

Muckety news stories featuring Gregory B. Craig

Edwards' legal team has years of media experience

If his defense team is an indication, John Edwards foresees a criminal case that will be fought in the press as well as the courtroom.

June 3, 2011

Gregg is hardly the first ex-gov official to land at Goldman

Goldman is widely known for the number of big names who have left for big government jobs. Here's the other side of the coin.

May 28, 2011

Former White House counsel representing Goldman Sachs

Mounting a defense against SEC charges of securities fraud, Goldman Sachs has hired former White House counsel Greg Craig, Politico reports.

April 20, 2010

Bauer replacing Craig as White House counsel

In naming a new White House counsel, President Obama is replacing one Democratic Party insider with another Democratic Party insider.

November 13, 2009

Gregory Craig named Obama's White House counsel

Washington lawyer Gregory B. Craig is no stranger to high-profile clients. And he's no stranger to the White House, either.

November 17, 2008

Gregory B. Craig personal relations:

William G. Craig - son

John Edwards - defense attorney

Henry T. Nicholas III - defense attorney

Margaret D. Noyes - spouse

Other current Gregory B. Craig relationships:

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - trustee

German Marshall Fund of the United States - trustee

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. - lawyer

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP - partner

Gregory B. Craig past relationships:

2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign - fundraiser

Kofi A. Annan - lawyer

Barack Obama administration - White House counsel

William J. Clinton - assistant to president & special counsel

DC Muckety: 2009 power couples - named

Juan Miguel Gonzalez - lawyer

Richard M. Helms (deceased) - lawyer

John W. Hinckley Jr. - lawyer

Edward M. Kennedy (deceased) - chief foreign policy adviser

National Hockey League - lawyer

Phillips Exeter Academy - graduate

Alexander Solzhenitsyn (deceased) - lawyer

U.S. Department of State - director of policy planning

Washington Post - lawyer

White House state dinner (11/24/2009) - invited guest

Williams and Connolly - partner

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Gregory B. Craig with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Gregory B. Craig → William J. Clinton →
  Anthony D. Weiner → Ben Affleck →
    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment →

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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Gregory B. Craig's web of second-degree relationships:

Jessica Tuchman Mathews

William W. Bradley

J. Stapleton Roy

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Additional Muckety map information sources:

Chicago Sun-Times

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New York Times

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White House

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Gregory B. Craig campaign contributions:

Listed below are federal donations of $3,000+ reported to the FEC.

Obama for America - $4,600 on 3/16/2007

President Barack Obama and White House Counsel Gregory Craig. May 1, 2009
Source: White House

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