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The following persons assist the President and are paid out of the Executive Department budget.

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF: John Podesta

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF: Maria Echaveste

COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT: Douglas Sosnik

COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT: Charles Ruff

SENIOR ADVISER FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT: Ira Magaziner

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR DOMESTIC POLICY: Bruce Reed

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Samuel Berger

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ECONOMIC POLICY, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL: Gene Sperling

PRESS SECRETARY: Joseph Lockhart

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, COORDINATOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING: Sidney Blumenthal

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS:Ann Lewis

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Larry Stein

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION: Virginia Apuzzo

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Craig T. Smith

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL: Bob Nash

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC LIAISON: Minyon Moore

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, STAFF SECRETARY: Todd Stern


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