Federal Register Releases Gift List of Barack Obama

According to France24, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's gifts to Obama included a golf putter as well as a training console.

Canadian PM Stephen Harper gave Barack a basketball signed by members of the Toronto Raptors team.

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Australia PM Julia Gillard's gifts include a specially designed red, white and blue Australian rules shirt with "USA Revolution" on the front.

Other gifts to Barack were more formal, including a 48-inch bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by the artist Yuan Xikun given by former Chinese President Hu Jintao, valued at 9,800 dollars.

The presents were turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration that runs presidential libraries.

Source: ANI