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Your Tax Dollars - Mr. O's Book

DrLeftover

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Nice, eh?



The State Department has bought more than $70,000 worth of books authored by President Obama, sending out copies as Christmas gratuities and stocking “key libraries” around the world with “Dreams from My Father” more than a decade after its release.



The U.S. Embassy in Egypt, for instance, spent $28,636 in August 2009 for copies of Mr. Obama’s best-selling 1995 memoir. Six weeks earlier, the embassy had placed another order for the same book for more than $9,000, federal purchasing records show.



http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/25/state-department-buys-70000-worth-obama-memoir/
 
Hmm.

All for literature and stuff, but it would be a lot nicer if it was something a bit older and more famous...
 
DrLeftover said:
.... and not written by the executive in charge of re-appointing those who are buying the book.
That too.

Bit of shameless self plugging really...
 
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