The inspector general reported that those vases, as well as an unspecified number of commemorative G-7 pewter trays, marble trinket boxes and leather portfolios valued at $680 each, had been found in storage. government bought as gifts for leaders planning to attend a Group of Seven summit before it was canceled also were missing. Later, it emerged that a collection of porcelain and copper vases valued at $20,000 that the U.S. The items were reported missing in August in a notice filed in the Federal Register.Īt the time, a Pompeo representative said the former secretary knew nothing about the gift or the inspector general’s inquiry. In a report, the inspector general said it was unable to locate a $5,800 bottle of 30-year-old Suntory Hibiki whisky that was given to Pompeo by the Japanese government in 2019, along with a 22-karat gold commemorative coin worth $560. It said new safeguards and controls are needed to ensure that gifts to senior U.S. officials are stored, was found to be in “a state of disarray” when the Biden administration took office in January. The department’s inspector general also said that the “gift vault,” in which presents given to senior U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department’s internal watchdog said Thursday that a nearly $6,000 bottle of Japanese whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that was reported missing remains unaccounted for.

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