by Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times (exerpts):  The US Department of State 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 US embassy in Egypt for instance, spent $26,636 in August 2009 for copies of Mr. Obama's bestselling 1995 memoir.  Six weeks earlier, the embassy had placed another order with the sam...
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