In my next world, I would like to be the President of a great nation or a first lady (president's wife o, not governor's)!
I love what they receive as gifts especially from the World's second richest royal, the Sultan of Brunei, wow or wow?!
I love what they receive as gifts especially from the World's second richest royal, the Sultan of Brunei, wow or wow?!
From furniture and food to fine art, members of the Obama administration received thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders, but first lady Michelle Obama appears to have received the most expensive gift last year.
The State Department reported Tuesday that the queen of Brunei gave Mrs Obama jewelry worth $71,468 in 2013. The flower-shaped white gold earrings, ring and necklace were studded with yellow sapphires and diamonds, according to the department's annual accounting of gifts published in the Federal Register.
Under federal ethics rules, the presents must be turned over to the government for storage or official use unless the recipient chooses to purchase the items from the General Services Administration. Few choose to do so.
One person who kept a gift was former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to the list.
Clinton was so taken with a black two-strand pearl necklace with gemstones given to her by Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi that she bought it for $970.
Beta thing good o!
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