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The fictional West Wing has a lot fewer employees than the real one. In 2004, the Executive Office of the President listed over 400 people on the payroll. In its sixth season, the TV show had 10 main characters. We'll presume you know who the current president and first lady of the United States are. Here are the rest of the major players: Of course, not every character on the show translates directly to a real-life person. Assistants, it seems, are hard to pin down. We couldn't locate a real-life Donna Moss for either Deputy Chief of Staff. The closest we found was Susan Ralston, who was Rove's executive assistant during the 2004 campaign. Charlie Young is another character whose role is not that straightforward off-screen. He started out as the president's personal aide -- Blake Gottesman does this for Bush. But now Young is an assistant to the Chief of Staff. Unfortunately, finding the names of staff assistants was tricky -- dozens of White House jobs have a general "assistant" title.
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