Washington, Apr. 4 (ANI): President Barack Obama will voluntarily return five percent of his salary to the Treasury Department in a sign of solidarity with government employees facing furloughs because of sequestration, an administration official has said.
The official said that the president has decided to contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury share in the sign of sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester.
According to Politico, hours later, White House press secretary Jay Carney issued the statement via a pool report and added that Obama 'instructed his staff he wanted to do this when the sequester took effect'.
The announcement that Obama send some of his pay back to the Treasury follows the Pentagon's announcement on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will do the same.
One of his deputies, Ash Carter, has also committed to write checks back to the government.
Obama plans to write cheques to Treasury on a monthly basis, effective March 1, but will cut the first cheque in April. In all, Obama will contribute five percent of his 400,000 dollars salary, 20,000 dollars, the report added. (ANI)
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