in the first two years of the obama white house he helped open up its visitors logs and persuaded the president to sign an executive order banning lobbyists from serving in the administration. now ison has been nominated as ambassador to the czech republic and the white house counsel, bob bauer, is taking over most of his funk, along with an official at the domestic house con sill. robert gibbs emphasized to our wendell goler that the administration is hardly losing its morale compass. there are a number of attorneys in the counsel s office and added position in the domestic policy council to oversee our efforts to reform the way our government works and to ensure its highest ethical standards. understand, though, wendell, that charge does not come from a participant in the council s office or a staffer at the bpc, it comes from the president of the united states. reporter: published reports say that bauer will