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WHITE HOUSE SALARIES
For Some, Service Is Really Rewarding
The magic number in the Obama White House appears to be 172,000.
Dollars, that is. Per year.
Twenty-two of the president's aides -- most with the title "assistant to the president" -- make exactly that much in exchange for their service to the country, the White House reported to Congress yesterday. It also published the information on its blog.
Those making the magic number include 28-year-old Jonathan Favreau, the president's wordsmith (director of speechwriting), and 66-year-old James L. Jones, the national security adviser.
One person in the White House, other than the president himself ($400,000), is listed as making more than $172,000: David E. Marcozzi, the president's director of public health policy, is described as a "detailee" from the Department of Health and Human Services and receives $192,934 for his work. (Vice President Biden and his staff are not included in the White House report.)
On the other end of the scale are Michael J. Warren, a senior adviser for the department of personnel, and Patricia G. McGinnis, who is listed simply as an adviser to the president. Both make nothing, according to the official salary list.
In between are 482 other employees who make from $36,000 to $163,940. For the utterly curious, the report -- which has been provided to Congress every year since 1995 -- is searchable and sortable on the White House Web site.
The vast bulk of the employees appear to earn between $40,000 and $55,000 per year, making the White House quite a modestly paid enterprise for most of the workaholics who spend time there.
-- Michael D. Shear
SECRETARY OF STATE
Russia Trip Is Off For Ailing Clinton
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, still ailing from a broken elbow, has canceled plans to join President Obama on his upcoming trip to Russia, the State Department said yesterday.
The trip is the second in as many weeks that Clinton has scrubbed since she slipped and broke her elbow June 17. She underwent surgery on June 19 and since then has kept up a sporadic public schedule, frequently working from home.
-- Glenn Kessler
