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State Department reveals Hillary Clinton received $500K worth of jewelry from Saudi king
NY Daily News ^ | 8/30/13 | BILL HUTCHINSON

Posted on 08/30/2013 6:01:55 AM PDT by jimbo123

Foreign diplomacy doesn’t always resolve world-class problems, but it sure does rake in the swag.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was given a half-million bucks worth of diamond and ruby jewelry by Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and received $58,000 worth of bling from Brunei.

The lavish gifts were among a treasure trove of keepsakes bestowed upon U.S. leaders in 2012, the State Department disclosed Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Clinton a $560 bottle of cognac

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016electionbias; antisemite; bribe; clintonscandals; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; hillaryclinton; hillaryforsale; humaabedin; influence; islamicimperialism; movealong; nothingtoseehere; payola; proislamist; secretaryofhate
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To: Mouton

Of course, but that’s just a law, and laws don’t really count with these people.


21 posted on 08/30/2013 6:20:13 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: jimbo123

So the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act doesn’t apply to government officials? F’ing ridiculous.


22 posted on 08/30/2013 6:21:09 AM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: Straight8
It was enough to keep the Keystone pipeline from being built.


“If the reputation then builds that the Saudis take care of friends when they leave office you'd be surprised how much better friends you have who are just coming into office.”
Quote - Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan

23 posted on 08/30/2013 6:22:59 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: PowderMonkey

Noi...probably Ripple or Purple Drank.


24 posted on 08/30/2013 6:26:22 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: jimbo123

When I worked for the government we were not supposed to accept a baseball cap form a contractor. There are no laws for the upper crust.


25 posted on 08/30/2013 6:29:44 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: jimbo123

If I accepted these “gifts” at my job, it would be considered a bribe, and I would be fired.


26 posted on 08/30/2013 6:30:11 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: WayneS
I think the proper name for that particular piece of jewekry would be a "Cangklet".
27 posted on 08/30/2013 6:32:58 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: WayneS

Now that’s funny right there. LOL


28 posted on 08/30/2013 6:33:10 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: jimbo123
I'm sure Hillary and Chelsea didn't let that bottle of Russian cognac go to waste.

Didn't realize how hard it was to convey this non-verbally but when I was in service in Germany we used to refer to the morning after as a Yak-attack.

29 posted on 08/30/2013 6:33:10 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Alex Murphy

“a well turned ankle”

Augghh! The metaphor, it burns!


30 posted on 08/30/2013 6:35:20 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: left that other site

Good catch! Thanks.


31 posted on 08/30/2013 6:36:42 AM PDT by WayneS (All wars are equal... but some wars are more equal than others)
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To: jimbo123

The GSA said some of the presents were donated and others were sold to the public.

Of course nobody reads the article anymore. I knew she did not keep them. I just had to find it in the article that my suspicions were correct.


32 posted on 08/30/2013 6:38:16 AM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: WayneS

My Pleasure! :-)

Such an item is like lipstick on a PIAPS.


33 posted on 08/30/2013 6:39:49 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: napscoordinator

Thanks for ruining our fun!

;-)

PS - I did read the article, but the target was too big to resist.


34 posted on 08/30/2013 6:41:33 AM PDT by WayneS (All wars are equal... but some wars are more equal than others)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Obama’s speeches, which has got to be worth at least $500K.”

I suspect that the U.S. taxpayers paid $500K to one of BO’s cronies to have the speeches recorded. Their worth? More like a plugged nickle.


35 posted on 08/30/2013 6:44:07 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: jimbo123

See, our billions in foreign aid does yield a return....


36 posted on 08/30/2013 6:44:37 AM PDT by vet7279
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To: WayneS
Always a wet noodle in the crowd. What can I say? I just think that as a group we need to be cognizant on what we say as it typically comes back and bites us in the buttocks.
37 posted on 08/30/2013 6:45:02 AM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: B.O. Plenty

The Saudis, W.Buffet and soros were recip’ed with block on Keystone and undercutting fracing.


38 posted on 08/30/2013 6:47:06 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missle - armed and ready.)
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To: napscoordinator

You’re correct.

But to be fair (to me) I am not one of the ones who assumed she kept the jewelry - I just made juvenile allusions to her fat ankles.


39 posted on 08/30/2013 6:47:44 AM PDT by WayneS (All wars are equal... but some wars are more equal than others)
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To: napscoordinator

“Of course nobody reads the article anymore.”

An awful lot of that all over, and FR is no exception. Why let being informed slow down forming an opinion.....

This is a non-story it appears, celebrity voyeurism, one of many such distractions.


40 posted on 08/30/2013 6:50:23 AM PDT by wrencher
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