Clinton tops Obama in gifts from foreign leaders

[Mike.Redd]

Hillary Clinton received gold jewelry worth half a million dollars from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The Obama’s received a $16,500 gold-plated clock from Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi defense minister. The list can keep going...

The Federal Register published a list of "gifts" given to members of the government during their trips abroad. I never knew such lavish gifts were given. Does the US send gifts back? Or when other diplomats visit the US do we give them equally as lavish gifts?

Under law, most gifts must go to the National Archives or General Services Administration, unless recipients reimburse the U.S. Treasury for them, but how often are gifts recorded?

Source: Rare.us | Foreign affairs - Clinton tops Obama in gifts from foreign leaders

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Hillary Clinton received gold jewelry worth half a million dollars from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The Obama’s received a $16,500 gold-plated clock from Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi defense minister. The list can keep going...

The Federal Register published a list of "gifts" given to members of the government during their trips abroad. I never knew such lavish gifts were given. Does the US send gifts back? Or when other diplomats visit the US do we give them equally as lavish gifts?

Under law, most gifts must go to the National Archives or General Services Administration, unless recipients reimburse the U.S. Treasury for them, but how often are gifts recorded?

Source: Rare.us | Foreign affairs - Clinton tops Obama in gifts from foreign leaders

Will these gifts end up like the souvenirs taken from the White House when the Clinton's left in January 2001?

 

[Fisher]

Hillary Clinton received gold jewelry worth half a million dollars from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The Obama’s received a $16,500 gold-plated clock from Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi defense minister. The list can keep going...

The Federal Register published a list of "gifts" given to members of the government during their trips abroad. I never knew such lavish gifts were given. Does the US send gifts back? Or when other diplomats visit the US do we give them equally as lavish gifts?

Under law, most gifts must go to the National Archives or General Services Administration, unless recipients reimburse the U.S. Treasury for them, but how often are gifts recorded?

Source: Rare.us | Foreign affairs - Clinton tops Obama in gifts from foreign leaders

There is a limit on the value of gifts from the US government to foreign diplomats but I do not recall what it is. I recall hearing someone, maybe Nancy Reagan when she was giving CSPAN a tour of the Reagan Museum, discussing it once about how the First Family could not reciprocate with the lavishness of some of the gifts that are received.

BTW, I have also heard that the gifts all belong to the government and if the First Family wants to keep them for themselves, they have to buy them from the government as they have the right of first refusal to purchase the gifts given to them in their capacity as the First Family.

 

[majith87]

Hillary Clinton received gold jewelry worth half a million dollars from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The Obama’s received a $16,500 gold-plated clock from Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi defense minister. The list can keep going...

The Federal Register published a list of "gifts" given to members of the government during their trips abroad. I never knew such lavish gifts were given. Does the US send gifts back? Or when other diplomats visit the US do we give them equally as lavish gifts?

Under law, most gifts must go to the National Archives or General Services Administration, unless recipients reimburse the U.S. Treasury for them, but how often are gifts recorded?

Source: Rare.us | Foreign affairs - Clinton tops Obama in gifts from foreign leaders

I don't understand this KING ABDULLAH looks like he is bribing US official for his interest to sell OIL. West is arguing and conflict about human rights violation Syria, Libya and Iran. But there no comment from west about Saudi Arabia, which i consider one place of birth of terrorism and top human right violation against woman & freedom of speech.