“… Here I was, a young man born and raised in Southern Idaho, and now one of 14 candidates to possibly become one of the president’s right-hand men. Near the end of the second day, the White House chief of staff looked me squarely in the eyes, and asked a most improbable and unexpected question. He asked, quote: “Are you a full tithe payer in your church?” … Without hesitation I said: “Yes sir I am, I always have been. It is an honor for me to pay a full tithing to my church.” He said, quote: “no one here in the White House is a member of your faith, but I know enough about your religion to know if you are a full tithe payer, you are a person of integrity. Thus I am recommending you to the president to become his next assistant.”
The very next day I moved my offices into the White House. It was a humbling, but joyful experience to know that result of honoring the priesthood and paying a full tithing, not only brings the joys of heaven, but also at times like this it can bring the honors of men.” Jon M. Huntsman, God Did Not Put Us Here to Fail, BYUDA, 11/09