11:02, 16 April 2009 | GMT +5
Obamas earn $2.7 mln in 2008
WASHINGTON. April 16. KAZINFORM U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made nearly 2.7 million U.S. dollars last year, the White House announced on Wednesday, Kazinform refers to Xinhuanet.

According to the 2008 federal income tax returns released by the White House, the president and the First Lady reported an adjusted gross income of 2,656,902 dollars, and paid 855,323 dollars in federal income tax.
The vast majority of the Obama family's 2008 income is the proceeds from the sale of the president's books, "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope," whose sales value reached almost 2.5 million dollars in the presidential election year, Kazinform cites Xinhuanet.
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