WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama secured a $500,000 advance for a children's book project five days before taking office, a financial disclosure report revealed.
Ken Gross, a former associate general counsel at the Federal Election Commission, said there doesn't appear to be any rules that would bar Obama from signing book deals while in the White House, The Washington Times reported Thursday. Other analysts said they didn't know of a president ever signing a book deal upon entering the White House.