ROUGHING IT

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At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the First Family was reduced to making do with just one chef, one butler and one usher on call, and two housekeepers by day, one by night. Political director Douglas Sosnik was sent home as "nonessential." The President's professional staff of 430 now stands at 90, not including Secret Service agents. Spokesman Michael McCurry reports to work; his two deputies don't. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 16-person staff has been reduced to four.