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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://ohmygov.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Obama gives gift of useless DVDs to British Prime Minister</title><link>http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/04/01/obama-gives-brown-gift-of-useless-dvds-.aspx</link><description>Who doesn&amp;#39;t love DVD box sets? A rainy Saturday afternoon is so much more tolerable when you have a season of &amp;quot;The Sopranos&amp;quot; or the (original) &amp;quot;Star Wars&amp;quot; trilogy to keep you company. Why am I rambling? Because during British Prime</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)</generator><item><title>re: Obama gives gift of useless DVDs to British Prime Minister</title><link>http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/04/01/obama-gives-brown-gift-of-useless-dvds-.aspx#5380</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:32:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0818fdd8-5679-476d-9536-9a7a82355f32:5380</guid><dc:creator>William Cavendish</dc:creator><description>The pen holder came from HMS Gannet not HMS Resolute. (Please note one should never say &amp;#39;the&amp;#39; HMS , it like saying the Her Majesty&amp;#39;s Ship). The most significant gift was the framed Royal Navy commissioning document of HMS Resolute, matching Queen Victoria&amp;#39;s gift of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Obama&amp;#39;s aide needs to read &amp;quot;HMS Resolute: from the Canadian Arctic to the President&amp;#39;s Desk&amp;quot; by Elizabeth Matthews to understand the significance of this ship. When Resolute was returned to Britain she prevented a third war between the two nations and is a symbol not only of the special relationship but a fantastic example of the benefits of peaceful diplomacy.&lt;img src="http://ohmygov.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5380" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>