>>>>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-clinton-email-investigation-justice-department-grants-immunity-to-former-state-department-staffer/2016/03/02/e421e39e-e0a0-11e5-9c36-e1902f6b6571_story.html?tid=sm_tw
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>>>The word "staffer" continues to amaze me. What does such a person do, what's the job description?
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>>>I mean, a crater makes crates, a ringer makes rings, but what does staffer do?
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>>I think it's used to refer to political employees (below the level of Minister or DM) who are employed "at the pleasure of (Prime) Minister/DM etc." They're funded out of an undifferentiated budget, don't have fixed job descriptions and are basically the HR equivalent of a slush fund.
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>That's a how (they get there) and what (they are). But what do they do? Errands?

Whatever the boss (or boss's chief of staff) tells them to do.

Fetch coffee, pick up the dry cleaning, set up mail servers ...