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(35,568 posts) Sat Sep 7, 2013, 04:39 PM Sep 2013

Saudi King lavishes Hillary Clinton with $500K worth of jewels [View all]

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Saudi King lavishes Hillary Clinton with $500K worth of jewels
7 days ago

Saudi King Abdullah kicked it extremely old school in terms of diplomatic glamour by lavishing then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with $500,000 in white gold jewelry encrusted with rubies and diamonds last year, according to the Federal Register. While the president and many other ambassadors and politicians received gifts from foreign contacts in 2012, most are valued under $5,000. Half a million in ice? That’s pretty cool. The Constitution specifically prohibits U.S. government employees from accepting presents from kings, princes or foreign heads of state, and all gifts should technically be turned over to the General Services Administration for donation or public use. ...

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Saudi King lavishes Hillary Clinton with $500K worth of jewels [View all] Catherina Sep 2013 OP

Sounds so 15th century treestar Sep 2013 #1

how about these gifts! Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #6

That's something all right treestar Sep 2013 #9

lol...nt Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #10

Yikes canonfodder Sep 2013 #41

lol treestar Sep 2013 #87

How about giving them Saturn? customerserviceguy Sep 2013 #75

haha treestar Sep 2013 #86

No all they get felix_numinous Sep 2013 #94

Maybe it's 21st Century and just paste...the real still in the vault. Yet, she is beaming. libdem4life Sep 2013 #2

What "greed"? She would not keep the jewels for herself. tblue37 Sep 2013 #11

For what, exactly? More money? We print it all. More influence? Bombs on sale. libdem4life Sep 2013 #14

No slippery slope. She gives them to the GSA, which either sells them or puts them on display. pnwmom Sep 2013 #25

Where does the slope end, if it's not slippery? libdem4life Sep 2013 #35

She didn't "take" anything. She accepted a gift on behalf of the U.S. The same rules cover pnwmom Sep 2013 #36

Good lord. Of course she can't cash them in and put the cash into her account. libdem4life Sep 2013 #95

SHE CANNOT CASH IN THE GIFTS! THEY DON'T GO INTO tblue37 Sep 2013 #93

Correct canonfodder Sep 2013 #42

And did she turn them over to the General Services Administration for donation or public use? ..... Little Star Sep 2013 #3

Our government releases a huge list of gift every six months or so... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #5

Yeah, this story is what you call "innuendo." malthaussen Sep 2013 #7

I have that feeling also, since the gift giving was when Clinton was Sec. of State. lumpy Sep 2013 #13

she would not accept such a gift Whisp Sep 2013 #23

Yup Scootaloo Sep 2013 #27

Yes she turned then over to General Services Adm. That is a lot of bling ! lumpy Sep 2013 #12

Here ya go: Details WERE published by the State Department's Office of Protocol Tx4obama Sep 2013 #17

You are posting facts to some that want to bash. I just read some of the heinous comments from the Pisces Sep 2013 #24

Yep, figured that was the case. Thanks for the research. malthaussen Sep 2013 #29

Gives the term "An embarrassment of riches" a whole new meaning. libdem4life Sep 2013 #38

She is required by law to turn them over to the Federal government. bluestate10 Sep 2013 #64

she would SwampG8r Sep 2013 #71

The President, First Lady, Cabinet members, etc do not get to keep gifts... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #4

I guess he was pleased with the Libya fiasco. Now we're moving on to Syria which will make him even sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #8

Nothing new in the world of playing the game of Chess. Guess we would rather have the Saudis on lumpy Sep 2013 #15

Why would any political player take gifts...this isn't Christmas in Damascus... libdem4life Sep 2013 #16

It is NOT illegal. It is customary for POTUS, FLOTUS, Cabinet members to accept the gifts... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #18

OK. Yet it still evades the question...WHY??? What does it pay for??? libdem4life Sep 2013 #28

because refusing them is like saying fuck you dsc Sep 2013 #45

For Libya. Hillary was proud of the war crimes in Libya. She didn't react to Bishop Tutu's shocked sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #55

You're stating an opinion. nt bluestate10 Sep 2013 #67

Because it makes US politicians feel like royalty n/t leftstreet Sep 2013 #21

Then, off with their political heads, so to speak. Back to working for the public libdem4life Sep 2013 #30

It is illegal for Obama, Clinton, or any other government employee to keep such gifts. pnwmom Sep 2013 #44

We're not talking about Hillary putting the money in her bank account. Good lord. libdem4life Sep 2013 #56

They don't sell them off and put them in the treasury. They put them on display. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #66

It's an old custom treestar Sep 2013 #91

She can't have accepted them. BainsBane Sep 2013 #19

She accepted them, reported them, and turned them over. See Comment #18 Tx4obama Sep 2013 #20

Okay, I'm happy to volunteer BainsBane Sep 2013 #22

Last year. elleng Sep 2013 #26

Chump change. Reagan got $2mill 1n 1989 from Japanese corp. GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2013 #31

It's the difference between getting it while in office and AFTER leaving office... hughee99 Sep 2013 #62

Extremely dishonest to imply this was a personal gift Tanuki Sep 2013 #32

Par for "this" course. Bobbie Jo Sep 2013 #50

I agree with the implication. It is sad for people that insist they are "pure" bluestate10 Sep 2013 #68

Hear, hear!!! Beacool Sep 2013 #77

We're better than this or at least I thought we were/nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #33

You seem to be under the impression BootinUp Sep 2013 #52

?????? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #81

Oh. BootinUp Sep 2013 #85

No problem/nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #88

Least he can do. Octafish Sep 2013 #34

+1000! nt. polly7 Sep 2013 #43

Exactly. Libya was on the list, and the Western Powers deliverd. The butchering of Gadaffi, who sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #57

Not just for the people of Libya. polly7 Sep 2013 #59

Gaddafi should've refused the Simón Bolívar replica. joshcryer Sep 2013 #65

Clintons used Indian IT company jets markiv Sep 2013 #37

Oh well, we do the same thing we just call it Foreign Aid. Probably how it's accounted for libdem4life Sep 2013 #39

Maybe he was proposing? nt Buns_of_Fire Sep 2013 #40

And then she turned them over to the GSA, MineralMan Sep 2013 #46

I just don't understand the point of the OP... Agschmid Sep 2013 #53

It was a ham handed attempt to cast aspersions on Hillary Clinton. The facts that all gifts have to bluestate10 Sep 2013 #61

I suppose the OP is trying to imply something MineralMan Sep 2013 #82

+1. Agschmid Sep 2013 #83

Here's my take on it ... polly7 Sep 2013 #84

Yes. We have different takes on it. MineralMan Sep 2013 #89

$500 K changed hands somehow. For a Museum? I stood for Hillary during the Rose Law Firm libdem4life Sep 2013 #47

This has all been explained to you upthread. Nine Sep 2013 #48

You obviously know zip about diplomacy. Beacool Sep 2013 #78

Regardless ... this sets an alarming precedent...who's next...and how much? libdem4life Sep 2013 #92

Well I bet he won't do that for John Kerry. undeterred Sep 2013 #49

In the seventies when I was working as a young nurse Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #51

much to do about absolutely nothing..... madrchsod Sep 2013 #54

You understand that the jewels are now Federal property. bluestate10 Sep 2013 #58

+1... Agschmid Sep 2013 #60

she can't keep them so she's not being lavished spanone Sep 2013 #63

I heard that she sold them to help fund the HAARP earthquake satellite. Orrex Sep 2013 #69

lol nt BootinUp Sep 2013 #70

He only sent me a teaset for a wedding gift. I'm deadly serious. Tom Ripley Sep 2013 #72

This is a derivative of a WSJ piece Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #73

Holy Cow gopiscrap Sep 2013 #74

hold on--is that a gilded Toclafane on the table? RUN! MisterP Sep 2013 #76

So?????????? Beacool Sep 2013 #79

Interesting that this would provoke defensiveness... David__77 Sep 2013 #80

the Spanish Riding School of Vienna gave Ronald Reagan a fully trained Lipizzaner stallion magical thyme Sep 2013 #90