Agencia EFEApril 2, 2013 20:30
Washington, Apr 2 (EFE).- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will return part of his salary in solidarity with those civilian employees of the Defense Department who must take pay cuts in the form of unpaid leave, Pentagon spokesman George Little said Tuesday.
Hagel will return as much as 14 percent of his salary via a legal mechanism to return money to the Treasury Department, even thought he is not subject to the pay cuts, Little said.
As defense chief, Hagel earns an annual salary of about $200,000, according to the daily Politico.
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