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August 17, 2004
The Sultan of Brunei's Presents to George Bush
From "Saudis, Italians Most Generous to Bushes," National Post, August 7, 2004, p. A3:I like that. The Sultan perhaps knew that the President could not in any case keep expensive presents.The Sultan of Brunei, among the world's wealthiest men, gave Mr. Bush a $30 CD of country kusic, a lemon cream cheese cake and a box of McDuffies shortbread cookies.
I wonder if such people as the Prime Minister of Canada, the Chancellor of Germany, and the President of France can keep expensive presents? I don't know, but from general impressions my bet would be that legal presents of this sort amount to tens of thousands of dollars of extra income for them. .
Posted by erasmuse at August 17, 2004 11:10 PM
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