Showing posts with label barack obama nobel peace prize. Show all posts
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Friday, October 9, 2009

President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!



With all of the criticism being thrown at the first black president of the United States,I am extremely glad that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.Finally,he is getting the praise that he deserves.The Norwegian Nobel Committee appreciates the fact that he is all about peace.While his critics call him weak for working to obtain world peace,others praise him for it.I do.

And for those who thought it was funny when President Obama couldn't bring the Olympics to Chicago,the joke is really on you.Being a Nobel Laureate is a way better prize.Congratulations,President Obama!!

Here's more from MSNBC:

"President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.

The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.

"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the committee said. "His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."

The committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of, and work for, a world without nuclear weapons.

"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play," the committee said."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.