白宮宣佈：奧巴馬將交還5的工資

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.白宮官員說，爲了顯示和那些被迫無薪休假的聯邦政府員工同心同德，奧巴馬總統將交還他5%的工資給政府。

星期三，白宮官員說，爲了支持那些由於被稱爲強行減赤措施而被迫無薪休假的政府員工，奧巴馬總統決定和他們一起分擔他們作出的犧牲。

奧巴馬總統的年薪是40萬美元。奧巴馬決定從強行減赤開始實行的3月1號起每個月交回5%的工資，也就是大約每個月1700美元。

星期二，國防部長哈格爾和副部長卡特也表示，他們也將交回部分工資。