WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- Anti-American sentiment in Arab nations may be at a historic high , but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was the honorary recipient of more than a quarter of a million dollars in jewelry from an Arab leader over the past year . Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received gifts of jewelry , but federal law mandates they go to archives . Saudi Arabia topped the State Department 's annual inventory of gifts to top administration officials . In July King Abdullah presented Rice with a ruby and diamond necklace with matching earrings , bracelet and ring worth $ 165,000 . Earlier in the year , in January , the Saudi king presented Rice a $ 147,000 emerald and diamond necklace , bracelet and earrings set . The State Department originally reported that the emerald and diamond jewelry set came from Jordan 's King Abdullah , but the Jordanian government pointed out such a gift was never made by the Jordanian king . `` No such gift was given to Secretary Rice from HM King Abdullah II , '' the Jordanian Embassy in Washington said in a statement . `` We believe this must have been a mistake on the part of the State Department . Gifts by HM King Abdullah II to U.S. officials are always symbolic and of little material value . '' The State Department acknowledged and apologized for the error . `` Our records indicate that the King of Jordan did not give Secretary of State Rice the emerald and diamond and jewelry set ( ring , bracelet , necklace and earrings ) , '' said Noel Clay , a State Department spokesman . `` She received this jewelry set from the King of Saudi Arabia , '' he said . `` We regret this error and will correct and resubmit the federal register . The United States counts both Saudi Arabia and Jordan among its most important partners . '' The gift list , prepared by the State Department 's Office of Protocol , itemizes all presents to top administration officials . The recipients do not keep them , as they are turned over to government archives in accordance with federal law , which prohibits officials from accepting personal gifts . President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush also were remembered by their Arab friends . The Saudi king gave the first lady an $ 85,000 sapphire and diamond jewelry set and a $ 10,000 piece of artwork made of gold , depicting a desert scene of Bedouins , camels and a tent . The first couple also received embroidered pillows with the names and pictures of the first dogs , Barney and Ms. Beazley . The pillows were given to Laura Bush by the wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe . The gifts range from the extravagant -- like the jewelry -- to the modest -- a $ 6 assortment of nuts and dried fruit given by the Dalai Lama to Laura Bush -- to the downright odd , like the Abs Exerciser given to President Bush by the prime minister of Singapore . Many of the gifts are related to the recipient 's post . Defense Secretary Robert Gates received an Arab knife valued at $ 3,200 from the Bahraini government . Despite Russia 's tensions with the United States over Georgia , U.S. Gen. Peter Pace , the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , received a machine gun from his Russian counterpart . The source of gifts to U.S. intelligence officials is classified , but CIA chief Michael Hayden raked in $ 8,000 in gifts , including a gold cow plaque , a silk rug and a strand of pearls .
NEW : State Department incorrectly reports Jordan 's King Abdullah gave Rice jewelry . Annual inventory lists gifts presented to administration officials . Saudi Arabia 's king gave Condoleezza Rice a jewelry set worth $ 165,000 . Officials can not receive gifts ; they are turned over to other officials .