<p><figure id="attachment_1941" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1941" style="width: 220px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Chesapeake-Today-front-page-Aug-20131.jpg"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Chesapeake-Today-front-page-Aug-20131-220x300.jpg" alt="" title="Chesapeake Today front page Aug 2013" width="220" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-1941" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-1941" class="wp-caption-text">On newsstands everywhere in Southern Maryland</figcaption></figure>From THE HILL &#8212; World leaders lavished President Obama and top administration officials with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewels, artwork and other extravagant gifts last year, the State Department disclosed Thursday. </p>
<p>Most of the gifts are turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration or the General Services Administration (GSA), though recipients are allowed to retain many for official use or buy them for their personal collections.<br />
<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/administration/319383-administration-discloses-bounty-of-gifts-from-foreign-leaders">Read more: </a></p>