白宫宣布：奥巴马将交还5%的工资

星期三，白宫官员说，为了支持那些由于被称为强行减赤措施而被迫无薪休假的政府员工，奥巴马总统决定和他们一起分担他们作出的牺牲。

奥巴马总统的年薪是40万美元。奥巴马决定从强行减赤开始实行的3月1号起每个月交回5%的工资，也就是大约每个月1700美元。

星期二，国防部长哈格尔和副部长卡特也表示，他们也将交回部分工资。

White House official says that in a show of solidarity with furloughed U.S. federal employees, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the government.

The official Wednesday said the president decided to share in the sacrifice public employees are making because of the automatic spending cuts called the sequester.

Mr. Obama makes $400,000 a year. Five percent of his salary, going back to March 1, when the sequester started, would be about $1,700 per month.

Tuesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his deputy, Ashton Carter, both said they will refund part of their salaries.