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Clinton to take salary cut in her new job
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would make about $4,700 less as secretary of state than her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice.
Congress Wednesday lowered the salary for the nation's top diplomat to $186,600 to keep Clinton's nomination from running afoul of the Constitution.
An obscure section on compensation for public officials, the Emoluments Clause, says that no member of Congress...
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