Mad_Dem_X
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Thu Aug-05-04 02:02 PM
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Bush Family Christmas Gifts 2003 |
Bluebear
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Thu Aug-05-04 02:06 PM
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1. Ho ho ho, Saudi Arabia VERY generous to the Bush's! |
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"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 $95,500.00
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."
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Thu Aug-05-04 02:25 PM
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they're using the daggers to help stab all us working folk in the back!
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