"It will probably come as no surprise that the most valuable gift came from Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdallah, who gave First Lady Laura Bush a matching set of diamond and sapphire jewelry valued by U.S. officials at $95,500. The Saudi royal also gave the president an $8500 mantel clock and the "first family" (that would be first daughters Jenna and Barbara) received Bulgari necklaces valued at $8500 and $8000 apiece. Other recipients of Saudi largesse were Chief of Staff Andrew Card and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, both of whom got small daggers priced at $1500. The foreign gifts are taken, the State Department report notes, since "non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government."
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0804041gifts1.html---
Yes, those home-spun, down-to-earth, "regular people I would love to have a beer with" receive over $100K in gifts from Saudi oil princes. Doesn't everybody?
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