Obama Chooses W.Neil Eggleston As Next White House Counsel

President Barack Obama has chosen W. Neil Eggleston, a Clinton administration veteran with experience representing government officials in oversight investigations, as his next White House counsel, the White House said Monday.

Eggleston, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, will succeed Kathryn Ruemmler, who has led the counsel's office for close to three years. Officials first confirmed her plans to leave last summer and return to private practice in New York, but she stayed longer at the president's urging