Gift disclosure forms show the CIA destroyed gifts agents weren't allowed to keep, like luxury wristwatches and jewelry, according to a recently released State Department report.
President Biden received a lacquered pen and desk set from Russian President Vladimir Putin valued at $12,000 in 2021, months beforeIt was transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for storage. The defense minister of Qatar gave U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin an $8,000 curved-blade saber, which is on display in his office.
, along with a dove sculpture, a book and seven Apostolic Exhortations. Vice President Kamala Harris received two bottles of rum, among other gifts, from Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei in 2021.Pope Francis meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Vatican June 28, 2021.When it comes to the CIA, certain gifts are marked as placed on display, like a $1,110 silk rug and an $800 set of Virginia Woolf pens given to CIA employees by unnamed persons.
Not destroyed, however, were several consumable gifts of high value. One CIA employee in the past few years received a set of four bottles of "vintage wine" valued at over $1,100 from an unnamed foreign entity. The gift report notes it was put to "official use."A box of "High-end Davidoff Royal Release Cigars" valued at $800 was similarly consumed after it was given to a CIA employee, as was a gift basket containing wine and cognac valued at $590.
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