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Oct
09
Nobel Peace Prize
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In an unexpected announcement this morning, sitting President Obama was elected the Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2009. Wow!
The New York Times Opinion section had a great statement today concerning this announcement,
“Mr. Obama has bolstered this country’s global standing by renouncing torture, this time with credibility; by pledging to close the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; by rejoining the effort to combat climate change and to rid the world of nuclear weapons; by recommitting himself to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and by offering to engage Iran while also insisting that it abandon its nuclear ambitions.”