Senior Advisor and “Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs” Valerie Jarrett made $172,000 in 2010. She is a White House employee.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/01/AR2010070106496.html
...More than 460 White House employees are paid a combined $38.7 million in salary...
All authorized and appropriated by the GOP?