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The New York Times Breaking News Alert
Fri, October 09, 2009
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The U.S. president Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Nobel Foundation said in Sweden on Friday.
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UPDATE: markknoller Worth noting, Pres. Obama took office less than 10 days before the Feb. 1 deadline for Nobel Prize nominations.
Former Pres. Jimmy Carter won the prize in 2002 - more than two decades after he left office.
Only two other sitting US Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.
The Nobel Committee based its decision on Obama speeches and policy statements, rather than any concrete accomplishments.
The prize is sure to be seen as a political statement by the Nobel Committee and an implied swipe at the eight years of George W. Bush.
It's an unprecedented honor for a new U.S. president less than 9 months in the job.
The Nobel Committee hails Obama for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen intl diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Nobel Prize Stunner: Peace Prize is awarded to Pres. Obama. Cited for giving world "hope for a better future."
The New York Times Breaking News Alert
Fri, October 09, 2009
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The U.S. president Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Nobel Foundation said in Sweden on Friday.
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
http://twitpic.com/ktcd9 http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize http://tinyurl.com/yf6to32
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/10/barack-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize.html http://tinyurl.com/yf6to32
UPDATE: markknoller Worth noting, Pres. Obama took office less than 10 days before the Feb. 1 deadline for Nobel Prize nominations.
Former Pres. Jimmy Carter won the prize in 2002 - more than two decades after he left office.
Only two other sitting US Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.
The Nobel Committee based its decision on Obama speeches and policy statements, rather than any concrete accomplishments.
The prize is sure to be seen as a political statement by the Nobel Committee and an implied swipe at the eight years of George W. Bush.
It's an unprecedented honor for a new U.S. president less than 9 months in the job.
The Nobel Committee hails Obama for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen intl diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Nobel Prize Stunner: Peace Prize is awarded to Pres. Obama. Cited for giving world "hope for a better future."
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