Why Did Ukraine Government Spend US$14,063.00 Of Taxpayer Funds On “Forget-Me-Not Brooch” For First Lady Jill Biden? Ridiculous Waste Of Money- Why Not Spend On Military Equipment? Out Of Control Ego.
“Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government” Reported The United States Department Of State.
Really? A Country At War, Where United States Taxpayers Have Contributed More Than US$200 Billion, Government Of Ukraine Acts Irresponsibly By Wasting Ukraine Taxpayer Funds And Biden-Harris Administration Should Have Said “Thanks, But No Thanks”
United States Department of State
Washington DC
3 December 2025
Public Notice: 12626
Gifts to Federal Employees from Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2023
All information reported to the Office of the Chief of Protocol, including gift appraisal and donor information, is the responsibility of the employing agency, in accordance with applicable law and GSA regulations.
The Office of the Chief of Protocol, Department of State, submits the following comprehensive listing of the statements which, as required by law, federal employees filed with their employing agencies during calendar year 2023 concerning gifts received from foreign government sources. The compilation includes reports of both tangible gifts and gifts of travel or travel expenses of more than minimal value, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7432 and GSA regulations. For calendar year 2023 (January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023), minimal value is $480.00.
Pursuant to Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 3.4, the report includes all gifts given on a single occasion when the aggregate value of those gifts exceeds minimal value. Also included are twenty-three gifts from 2022 and one gift from 2021. These latter gifts are being reported in this year’s report for calendar year 2023 because the Office of the Chief of Protocol, Department of State, did not receive the relevant information at the time of reporting to include them in earlier reports. Agencies not listed in this report either did not receive relevant gifts during the calendar year, did not transmit a listing to the Secretary of State of all statements filed during the preceding year by the employees of that agency pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7432(f)(1), or did not respond to the State Department’s Office of the Chief of Protocol’s request for data.
LINK To Complete Report
AGENCY: The White House – Executive Office of the President
[Report of Tangible Gifts Furnished by the White House – Executive Office of the President]
Dr. Jill Biden Steel Fragment Forget-Me-Not Flower Brooch
Rec’d – 2/7/2023
Est. Value – $14,063.00
Disposition – Retained for Official Use in the East Wing.
Her Excellency Oksana Markarova, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government.
