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. The Under Secretary is paid at level III of the Executive Schedule, meaning they receives a basic annual salary of $152,000 as of 2006. Previous Under Secretaries by recency include Acting Under Secretary

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, Under Secretary

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, who was confirmed on September 3, 2007. Acting Under Secretary

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, Acting Under Secretary

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, David K. Garman, and

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