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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 26 > Those glittering gifts? Officials can’t keep ’em

Those glittering gifts? Officials can’t keep ’em

Arab leaders are particularly generous, new records show

By Calvin Woodward / The Bulletin
June 26, 2009

WASHINGTON — When U.S. presidents and their diplomats meet some Arab leaders, they come away with more than an earful about foreign policy. They also get exquisite baubles, objects of gold, robes, art — even a papier mache Santa Claus.

A new list of gifts bestowed by foreign....

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