Numerous positions held in previous White Houses remain unreported or unfilled. Some unfilled positions may be by design, and an effort to pare down the size of the staff.
Numerous positions held in previous White Houses remain unreported or unfilled. Some unfilled positions may be by design, and an effort to pare down the size of the staff.
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While the [[First Lady]] of the United States has an Office and staff budget, including a Chief of staff and Press secretary, [[Melania Trump]] has been reluctant to assume a bureaucratic role. The President's daughter Ivanka Trump, who was delegated authority by the President-elect to hire Chief of staff Reince Priebus, works as an unpaid Presidential Assistant with her own chief of staff.
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While the [[First Lady]] of the United States has an Office and staff budget, including a Chief of staff and Press secretary, [[Melania Trump]] has been reluctant to assume a bureaucratic role. The President's daughter Ivanka Trump, who was delegated authority by the President-elect to hire White House Chief of staff Reince Priebus, works as an unpaid Presidential Assistant with her own chief of staff.