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Friday, October 9, 2009
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
"I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said from the White House Friday morning.
He said he does not "view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments," but rather as a "call to action, a call for all nations to confront the challenges of the 21st century.”
Of course many people are perplexed as to why and what he did to win... I'm sure this will raise a whole bunch of other issues.
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President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
"I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said from the White House Friday morning.
He said he does not "view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments," but rather as a "call to action, a call for all nations to confront the challenges of the 21st century.”
Of course many people are perplexed as to why and what he did to win... I'm sure this will raise a whole bunch of other issues.
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