Ivanka Trump to get own office in White House

Washington March 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump s eldest daughter Ivanka is set to get her own office in the White House even after saying that she would not play a formal role in her father s administration a media report said.

The First Daughter has secured her own office on the West Wing s second floor -- a space next to senior adviser Dina Powell who was recently promoted to a position on the National Security Council Politico news said in the report on Monday.

She is also in the process of obtaining a security clearance and is set to receive government-issued communications devices this week.

Ivanka will be joining her husband Jared Kushner who is a senior adviser to the President.

However Ivanka will hold no official position and is not pocketing a salary according to her attorney Jamie Gorelick.

Ivanka s role will be to serve as the President s eyes and ears while providing broad-ranging advice not just limited to women s empowerment issues Gorelick told Politico news.

Last week Ivanka raised eyebrows when she was seated next to Angela Merkel for the German Chancellor s first official visit to Trump s White House.

Ivanka s plans to adhere to the same ethics and records retention rules that apply to government employees even though she is not technically an employee Gorelick said.

A spokeswoman for Ivanka Trump said her role was signed off on by the White House counsel s office and the conflict issues were worked through with the office of government ethics.

People close to Ivanka said that she sees nothing unusual about the arrangement -- it is simply how she has worked with her father for years as a senior official at the Trump Organisation and as Donald Trump s partner on the reality TV show The Apprentice.

--IANS
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