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Obama Gives Brown a Set of DVDs

As he headed back home from Washington, Gordon Brown must have rummaged through his party bag with disappointment.

Because all he got was a set of DVDs. Barack Obama, the leader of the world's richest country, gave the Prime Minister a box set of 25 classic American films - a gift about as exciting as a pair of socks.

Mr Brown is not thought to be a film buff, and his reaction to the box set is unknown. But it didn't really compare to the thoughtful presents he had brought along with him.

The Prime Minister gave Mr Obama an ornamental pen holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet.
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Source: Daily Mail (UK)

Note: How embarrassing. A basket of DVDs, a symbol of American fiction, fantasy, and fame. At least President Obama had the good taste not to make the presentation at the entrance of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.