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Barack Hussein Obama (born Aug. 4, 1961) is the first African American to be elected president of the United States. He was formerly the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is married to Michelle Obama and has two daughters: Malia and... [more]
Barack Hussein Obama (born Aug. 4, 1961) is the first African American to be elected president of the United States. He was formerly the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is married to Michelle Obama and has two daughters: Malia and Sasha.
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President Barack Obama says the Nobel Peace Prize has had "extraordinary power" to lift up those who would otherwise be forgotten.At a dinner in Oslo following his acceptance of the prize Thursday, Obama spoke of the awarding of the prize to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during the civil rights movement. He said the prize then had helped "put the wind behind the sails of a movement" that is largely responsible for the fact that he was in a...
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In a little noticed interview last week, former Vice-President Dick Cheney accused Barack Hussein Obama of treason. Chris Matthews Harball news hour featured Cheneys comments under the title: Dick Cheney accuses Obama of treason. But the actual comments were made by Cheney on Count Down with Keith Olbermann: Cheneys actual words were in regard to Holders decision, at Obamas request, to move the trial of the 9/11 conspirators to New York...
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President Barack Obama joins the ranks of Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa....as he picks up the Nobel Peace Prize today. more
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US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war while insisting that conflict can be morally justified.Obama's elevation to a pantheon of winners alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King before he has even spent a year in office has sparked international debate.
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Earlier today in Oslo, Norway, President Barack Obama finally, formally accepted his Nobel Prize for "peace." But where are the internationally-acclaimed prizes for "liberty" and "justice"? These are far worthier goals -- far loftier ideals. Politically speaking, and in other ways too, what the world needs above all else -- today and always -- is individual liberty and universal justice! If the Nobel Committee is going to embrace questionable...
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CBC.caPresident Obama Accepts Nobel Peace PrizeVoice of AmericaUS President Barack Obama said his "accomplishments are slight" compared to other Nobel laureates such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Photo: AP US President Barack Obama has accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize with the acknowledgment ...Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize, says war sometimes necessaryTimes of IndiaText of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speechThe Associated...
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The U.S. President Barack Obama has finally accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. U.S. President was awarded the Nobel Prize on October 9 for his "promotion of nuclear nonproliferation and a new climate in...read more
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HAVANA: Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. The 83-year-old former Cuban leader initially applauded Obama's selection, but he has backed off that recently. In a column on a government website on Wednesday, Castro wrote: "Why did Obama accept the Nobel Peace Prize when he had already decided to take the war in...
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OSLO — President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize here Thursday, acknowledging the irony of winning it as a wartime president and calling his own accomplishments "slight" in comparison to past winners.
But in his speech to the Nobel Committee, Obama spoke of the concept of...
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Oslo, Dec 10 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Thursday accepted the 2009 Nobel
Peace Prize saying he was a “living testimony to the moral force of non-violence”, while at the same time defending the use of force.
Crediting the achievements of non-violence proponents like Mahatma Gandhi and 1964 laureate Martin Luther King, Obama also underlined that [...]
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OSLO (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the nonviolence practiced by such leaders as Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. should be a guiding force. In a speech Thursday as he formally accepts his Nobel Peace Prize, the president says their pacifism may not have been practical or even possible in every circumstance.
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US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, paying tribute to activists who have taken on governments around the world while uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war.
Obama's elevation to a pantheon of winners alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King before he has even [...]
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OSLO, Norway - President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war on Thursday, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the ...
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OSLO — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for ...
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CBC.caAmid War, Obama Accepts Peace PrizeWall Street JournalOSLO -- President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, defending his ability to seek peace while fighting two wars abroad. "We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth that we will not eradicate violent ...Left and right, pundits applaud Obama Nobel Peace Prize speechChristian Science MonitorObama says nations have to fight just warsHinduWHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Short...
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Here is how Booker Rising imagines today went, through the eyes of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama as President Barack Obama received his Nobel Peace Prize (compliments of Daylife):We arrive at Oslo International Airport. For you fashionistas, I'm wearing a custom-made lavender wool coat by Narciso RodriguezThe Nobel Peace Prize signing ceremony at Oslo City Hall. I teased Barack, asking, "You writing a book there?", as he wrote a long passage...
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View full sizeSusan Walsh, The Associated PressNobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland shakes hands with President Barack Obama during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the Main Hall of Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, Thursday.OSLO — President Barack Obama entered...
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When President Barack Obama sat down with his speechwriters to outline his Nobel lecture, he must have known that his core task would be to reconcile what many of his hosts in Oslo probably regard as irreconcilable—accepting the peace prize while seriously escalating a war in Afghanistan.[more ...]
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US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, paying tribute to activists who have taken on governments around the world while uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war.Obama's elevation to a pantheon of winners alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King before he has even spent a year in office has sparked international criticism.
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ReutersAt Nobel prize ceremony, Michelle Obama keeps her husband in lineChristian Science MonitorAnd White House pool reports from Oslo show first lady Michelle Obama is doing her part to keep President Obama grounded during his trip to pick up a prize ...Michelle Obama Chooses Shiny Chartreuse for the Nobel Peace Prize CeremonyNew York MagazineMichelle Obama and Barack Obama head to Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony(Pictures)Examiner...
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Amid controversy at home and abroad, U.S. President Barack Obama was in Oslo, Norway today to receive the Nobel Peace Prize he won back in October.
The announcement of his award was met with both great praise and criticism, which the President addressed today in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech:
"I receive this honor with deep gratitude and humility."
"This is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations - that for all the cruelty and...
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OSLO, Norway (UPI) -- Following are remarks made by U.S. President Barack Obama at the acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, Thursday.
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility....
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President Barack Obama gave this acceptance speech, titled "A Just and Lasting Peace", in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2009. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and ...
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BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSISby Meg WhiteBy far the favorite phrase of commentators remarking upon President Barack Obama's acceptance speech before the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway today is the notion of a "just war."Though he did not attempt to portray the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as "just wars," it is clear that Obama felt the need to justify his recent decision to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan in light of his receipt of...
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U.S. President Barack Obama today accepted the Nobel Peace Prize while, at the same time, defending his decision to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan for the fight against Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
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Palin: Gore wrong to call me 'denier' By: Andy Barr December 10, 2009 07:21 AM EST Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hit back at former Vice President Al Gore on Wednesday for calling her a global warming âdenier.â Speaking to MSNBCâs Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday, Gore criticized an op-ed Palin wrote for the Washington Post calling on President Barack Obama to boycott the global climate change conference in Copenhagen. âThe deniers are persisting...
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and key Western powers are seeking a new U.N. envoy to Afghanistan to help lead the "civilian surge" U.S. President Barack Obama has promised, U.N. diplomats and officials said.
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"Wait, not yet! You have a stain." Adorable.
Last night, Michelle Obama appeared as the most fascinating person of 2009 in Barbara Walters's special. The floral dress she wore for the interview was by Rachel Roy. Last night she also traveled to Oslo with Barack, so he could formally collect his Nobel Peace Prize. Every time she travels, she wears twelve times as many outfits as she does in her home city — there's getting on the plane...
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latest news updates, Why Did Obama Win The Nobel Peace Prize: 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 [...]
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OSLO President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to reach for the world that ought to be.
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OSLO President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to reach for the world that ought to be.
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Michael Vick Wins Nobel Peace Prize. December 10, 2009 | By Jonathon Zenk. mike vick dogs In light of United States President Barack Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel committee decided on Oct. 13 to award another ...
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United Nations. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and key Western powers are seeking a new U.N. envoy to Afghanistan to help lead the "civilian surge" U.S. President Barack Obama has promised, U.N. diplomats and officials said, Reuters reported. Ban ...
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Almost all Norwegians followed today’s ceremony in which US president Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel peace prize. In this video are snapshots of how 5 of the local news sites covered the live event. The...read more
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President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and. Read the latest information about Nobel Prize as this story develops.
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his written text of President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech was provided by the White House prior to its delivery by the President.
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the cruelty and...
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President and Michele Obama travel to Norway for Nobel Peace Prize (Video only, no sound). Related posts: Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson win Nobel economics prize · President Barack Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ...
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President Barack Obama has accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Obama said Thursday that he wants to continue working on issues that are important for America and for building lasting peace and security in the world. (Dec. 10)
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ReutersText of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speechThe Associated PressThe text of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, delivered Thursday in Oslo, Norway, as provided by the White House: Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, ...Obama defends war in Nobel prize speechABC OnlineBarack Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize with stern defence of warTimes...
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guardian.co.ukWHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Short stay miffs NorwegiansThe Associated PressOSLO — President Barack Obama's decision to break with tradition and not follow the lead of past Nobel Peace Prize winners bewildered some Norwegians. Others thought he was being impolite. Obama had quite a whirlwind day Thursday — he signed the Nobel ...Obama says nations have to fight just warsHinduObama defends war in Peace Prize speechABC OnlineBlogTalk: A...
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First Lady Michelle Obama boarded Air Force One with her husband Wednesday night and flew to Oslo, Norway for her fifth overseas trip this year. She was in the audience when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, an improbable award at this early stage of his presidency, but in line with the unlikely journey the couple has undertaken. It was three years ago this December that then-Sen. Barack Obama firmed up his self-described...
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Oslo, Norway -- President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words today, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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Accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, President Barack Obama acknowledged the controversy of his award, as “the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars.” He spoke of one of those wars, Afghanistan, in terms of self-defense and shared his thoughts on the concept of “just war.” (full remarks after the jump)
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OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”
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An editorial opinion of the reasons for President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Everything is not ALWAYS about the perspective of only the citizens of the United States. We are but a part of a Global Community and often forget that fact.Contributor: David LindbergPublished: Dec 10, 2009
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President Barack Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on Thursday (December 10). Obama claimed to be both honored and humbled with the prize and will accept it as a call for action to work with other nations to face the challenges ahead (read Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech Full Transcript [...]
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Obama is in Oslo today, and accepted his Nobel Peace Prize. In what must certainly just burn the committee that awarded it to him, he spent much of his speech defending war . President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners ...
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guardian.co.ukObama defends war in Peace Prize speechABC OnlineBarack Obama says the use of force is sometimes not only necessary, but morally justified. (Reuters: Thomas Peter ) US President Barack Obama has confronted the paradox of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize ...Barack Obama rewrites war and peace for Nobel audienceTimes OnlineBarack Obama defends war as he receives Nobel Peace PrizeTelegraph.co.ukWHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Short stay miffs...
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ReutersUS media on Obama's Nobel Peace PrizeBBC NewsUS President Barack Obama has collected his Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo. Accepting the prize, the president addressed some of the criticism which had been expressed when he was named the winner. This is how US media have reacted to his ...Obama accepts Nobel peace prizeguardian.co.ukExcerpts from President Obama's Peace Prize speechThe Associated PressObama defends war at Nobel...
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(RTTNews) - U.S. President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday, defending his policy of engagement with oppressive governments and the escalation of the American war effort in Afghanistan. "Those who seek peace ...
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President Barack Obama will receive his Nobel Peace Prize today, an award that recognizes exceptional progress and accomplishment on the international stage. There has been plenty of debate as to whether or not Obama deserved the award, but regardless, he's receiving it on a day that holds a lot of history for the Nobel Prize. [...]
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Will Smith has to monitor his "dumbness". The screen legend - who is presenting the Nobel Peace Prize Concert tomorrow (11.12.09) in Oslo, Norway with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith - has vowed to keep an eye on his stupidity when he's on stage in celebration this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama.
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OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”
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guardian.co.ukObama says nations have to fight just warsHinduUS President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war on Thursday, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30000 more US troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to “reach for the world that ought ...Obama defends war in Peace Prize speechABC OnlineObama talks of power of Nobel prizeThe Associated PressBarack Obama rewrites war...
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Globe and MailObama accepts Nobel prize with humilityABC OnlineBarack Obama was awarded the prize his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy. (Reuters: Thomas Peter ) US President Barack Obama has received the gold Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma in a lavish ceremony in Norway. ...Barack Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize with stern defence of warTimes OnlinePresident Obama Accepts Nobel Peace PrizeVoice of AmericaObama accepts Nobel...
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While it may register at the highest level of irony for many, irony was somewhat lost on President Barack Obama in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, in which he demanded we uphold moral standards in “necessary” war and that war could in fact bring peace. —JCL
The BBC
President Barack Obama has said the US must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified, as he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize.
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BEN FELLER writes on the Huffington Post:
OSLO — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”
A wartime president honored for peace, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in 90 years and the third ever to win the...
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*President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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Oslo University 'honors' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for his achievements in 'inspiring hostility among nations, increasing human suffering.' University professor says prize's aim to remind world of ongoing genocide, tortureA day before US President Barack Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize, Norway presents an original initiative of its own. Oslo University decided to award Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the "dictator of the...
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President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners today with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.”
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In a controversial speech about his wartime presidency, American President and author Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize this morning. While Americans missed out on the Nobel Prize for Literature once again this year, at least one American author brought a Nobel Prize home.
The NY Times quotes the speech: "I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this...
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President Barack Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, acknowledging the controversy over the choice of a wartime president and saying he reserved the right to take action to protect the United States.
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Castro dubbed Obama's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act". Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has accused US President Barack Obama of cynicism for his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in time of the US war in Afghanistan ...
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Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize
In a relatively brief ceremony is Oslo today, President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. In his remarks, he acknowledged the controversy around his selection, saying, "Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize
– Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela – my accomplishments are
slight."
Obama also addressed the incongruity of a "war president," who has just...
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US President Barack Obama has received the gold Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma in a lavish ceremony in Norway. Mr Obama accepted the prize with "deep gratitude and great humility" but warned that war was sometimes necessary despite its "acute" human tragedy. In his speech at the ceremony, Mr Obama said the United States must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified. He said violent conflict would not be...
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cautiously accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday in Oslo, Norway, acknowledging "the considerable controversy" over his award because of his relative lack of accomplishments on the world stage less than a year into his job and because the prize comes as he sends more than 30,000 more U.S. troops to war in Afghanistan.
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US President Barack Obama received the gold Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma in a lavish ceremony in the Norwegian capital today. Related StoriesThe woman who taught France how to drinkSilvio snubs 'Carmen' for night at moviesA matter of life and death – Irish abortion law in dockText of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech
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President Barack Obama cautiously accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday in Oslo, acknowledging "the considerable controversy" over his award because he's accomplished little on the world stage in less than a year on the job and has just called for sending 30,000 to 35,000 more U.S. troops to war in Afghanistan.
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President Barack Obama this morning accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. He is only the third sitting American president to receive the award. Here is the text of his speech.
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of...
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President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war today, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more US troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be." Related StoriesSilvio snubs 'Carmen' for night at moviesA matter of life and death – Irish abortion law in dockObama receives Nobel Peace Prize medalText of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize...
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Obama says others more worthy of Nobel Peace Prize. Posted in: AP via Yahoo! News “President Barack Obama, in Norway to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize, says he doesn't doubt there are others who may be more deserving of the honor.” ...
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OSLO, Norway - President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to ...
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President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway with "deep gratitude and great humility", which was becoming of him since he had not actually done anything to deserve the honor, besides not being his predecessor.Contributor: Mark WhittingtonPublished: Dec 10, 2009
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OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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OSLO — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, set to start in 19 months, will be gradual, and U.S. aid to that nation will last for years.
"We're not going to see some sharp cliff, some precipitous drawdown," Obama told reporters in Oslo, where he traveled to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
The president said he is sticking to his plan to start the drawdown in July 2011, but he signaled...
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guardian.co.ukAP Top News at 11:28 am ESTThe Associated PressOSLO — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while ...News roundup: President Obama receives Nobel Peace PrizeUSA TodayBarack Obama's Nobel peace prize – latest newsguardian.co.ukhedCBS News (blog)Los Angeles Times (blog) -Christian Science Monitor -The Associated Pressall 3,616...
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President Barack Obama says war is sometimes necessary and justified, even as he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize.
The president acknowledged on Thursday that many people feel he has not done enough to deserve the prize that he received in Oslo. He also noted that he recently ordered another 30,000 U.S. troops to fight [...]
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OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach ...
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"Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize... my accomplishments are slight," said Barack Obama as he accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on Thursday. In a humble speech, the US president acknowledged he had ...
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On the occasion of Barack Obama’s acceptance of the honor, it is worth looking back to a little history. Theodore Roosevelt, the first sitting President awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, did not attend the ceremony, but sent a telegram. But TR gave a Nobel lecture in 1910 - two years after leaving office, four years after winning the prize for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War, and four years before the world was plunged into The...
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(U.K. Guardian) - Barack Obama's trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace award is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation of a series of events normally attended by the prizewinner.Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his shabby response to the prize by cutting short his visit.The White House has cancelled many of the events peace prize laureates traditionally submit to, including a dinner with the Norwegian...
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Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. The 83-year-old former Cuban leader initially applauded Obama's selection, but he ...
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Barack Obama picked up his Nobel peace prize in Oslo today, but less high-profile recipients have also been rewardedBarack Obama was the centre of attention when he picked up the Nobel peace prize in Oslo, Norway, today. But there were also prizes for physics, literature, medicine and chemistry, in a parallel event in Stockholm, Sweden.In Charles Kuen Kao, Woolwich Polytechnic in east London – now part of Greenwich University – has its first...
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OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to ``reach for the world that ought to be.''
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The live stream is here, I'll post a link to his speech transcript as soon as I get it. Please feel free to use this as a thread to discuss Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award. Barack Obama Receives the Nobel Peace PrizeTweet this! ...
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US President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, on December 8. A growing number of Americans have lost confidence in President Barack Obama's handling of the economy, despite the apparent beginnings of a recovery, according to a poll out Wednesday. President Barack Obama, flanked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., gestures while...
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Financial TimesObama In Oslo for Nobel CeremonyVoice of AmericaSensitive to criticism his accomplishments do not equal those of past winners, the president has described his own Nobel Prize as a call to action. US President Barack Obama is in Oslo to formally accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. ...Barack Obama's Nobel peace prize – latest newsguardian.co.ukObama's Nobel Peace Prize protocol breach irks NorwayBBC NewsOthers 'more deserving' of...
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Oslo, Norway -- President Barack Obama is reflecting on past winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, praising many for giving "voice to the voiceless." Obama's first stop in Oslo on Thursday was the Norwegian Nobel Institute, where the Nobel committee ...
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Excerpts from President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize address Thursday in Oslo, Norway:---"We are at war, and I'm responsible for the deployment of thousands of young Americans to battle in a distant land. Some will kill, and some will be killed. And so I come here with an acute sense of the costs of armed conflict - filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace, and our effort to replace one with the other...
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Oslo - Norway staged its biggest ever security operation on Thursday with US President Barack Obama in the country to accept the Nobel Peace Prize and explain why a "war president" deserves the award. After less than 11 months in power, Obama will be ...
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OSLO, Norway -- President Barack Obama, in Norway to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize, says he doesn't doubt there are others who may be more deserving of the honor.
Addressing criticism that the award was premature, the president said Thursday that he...
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Most descriptions of the award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama have been shortened. The Nobel Prize website says it has been awarded to Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
One of the criticisms of this award is that Obama was nominated after only 11 [...]
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(AP) - Excerpts from President Barack Obamas Nobel Peace Prize address Thursday in Oslo, Norway:
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"We are at war, and Im responsible for the deployment of thousands of young Americans to battle in a distant land.
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President Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One in Norway
Thursday morning and stepped into a speech that will show the stark
contrast between two of his jobs as president: his role as an
international diplomat and his obligation as
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President Barack Obama says war is sometimes necessary and justified, even as he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama also acknowledged the irony of being a wartime president honored for peace, saying that criticism of his Nobel Prize as premature might recede if he advances goals such as a nuclear-free world and tackling climate change.
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Financial TimesObama's Nobel Peace Prize protocol breach irks NorwayBBC NewsUS President Barack Obama has irked some Norwegians for truncating a three-day schedule of events organised around his receipt over the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr Obama will spend only 24 hours in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, because of his busy schedule. ...Obama's Nobel snub angers Norwegiansguardian.co.ukObama in Oslo to receive Nobel Peace PrizeTimes of IndiaObama lands...
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(AP) OSLO, Norway (AP) - President Barack Obama, in Norway to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize, says he doesn't doubt there are others who may be more deserving of the honor. Addressing criticism that the award was premature, the president said Thursday ...
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ReutersBarack Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize with stern defence of warTimes OnlinePresident Obama today accepted his Nobel Peace Prize but still said that it is sometimes necessary to go to war. He opened his speech by acknowledging the controversy over the choice of a wartime president for the prize and saying he reserved the right ...Barack Obama receives 2009 Nobel Peace PrizeTelegraph.co.ukText of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speechThe...
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By Matthew Schofield, Kansas City Star editorial board columnist
President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize this morning, mid-afternoon in Norway, but before Americans pay attention.
Given reactions, that almost seems appropriate. In this country, there are critics everywhere of this prize. He hasn't earned it. He's a war-monger. He's accomplished nothing.
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REUTERS - U.S. President Barack Obama will confront the Afghan war “head-on” when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and address criticism he does not deserve it so early in his presidency, officials said. Obama is the third sitting U.S ...
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(AP) OSLO, Norway — A wartime president being honored for peace, Barack Obama said Thursday that criticism of his Nobel prize as premature might recede if he advances goals such as a nuclear-free world and tackling climate change.
But, he added, proving doubters wrong is "not really my concern."
"If I'm not successful, then all the praise in the world won't disguise that fact," said Obama from this chilly...
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HAVANA — Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. The 83-year-old former Cuban leader initially applauded Obama's selection ...
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OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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HuffPo.com: President Barack Obama is accepting the world's best-known peace award as a wartime president, an incongruity that he will directly speak to when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, White House officials say. The president departed Wednesday to Oslo in an overnight flight, in time to be there for the award ceremony and banquet, and not much more. His minimalist approach reflects a White House that sees little value in...
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President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be.“
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You can watch it live here (h/t The Corner).
Adding to the list of events Obama won’t be attending,
a dinner with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee
a press conference
a TV interview
Plus the other events I mentioned yesterday.
Nobel peace prize: Norwegians incensed over Barack Obama’s snubs
According to a poll published by the daily tabloid VG, 44% of Norwegians [...]
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U.S. President Barack Obama said he was surprised when he heard about his being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. He said he acknowledged that others may have deserved it more.
The president pledged to work harder to achieve peace in the world. The Nobel Peace Prize award came after few days of Obama's announcement of sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.read more
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Norway – Barack Obama, the US President, has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo but said others may be “more deserving” of the award.
President Obama, who earlier arrived in Norway with his wife Michelle, also defended the US record in Afghanistan and his planned surge of 30,000 military personnel as motivated by his [...]
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President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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OSLO (AP) President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to reach...
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Telegraph.co.ukBarack Obama's Nobel peace prize – latest newsguardian.co.ukThe US president is in Oslo to receive an award that many thought premature. Misgivings have increased since he announced a troop surge in Afghanistan. Follow updates from his visit here throughout the day Barack Obama signs the guestbook at the Nobel ...Obama In Oslo for Nobel CeremonyVoice of AmericaObama's Nobel Peace Prize protocol breach irks NorwayBBC NewsBarack...
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Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.The 83-year-old former Cuban leader initially applauded Obama's selection, but he has backed off that recently.In a column on a government Web site Wednesday, Castro wrote: "Why did Obama accept the Nobel Peace Prize when he had already decided to take the war in Afghanistan to its...
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OSLO (AP) – President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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President Barack Obama has said the US must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified, as he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize. In his speech in Oslo, he defended the US role in Afghanistan, arguing the use of force could bring lasting peace.
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US President Barack Obama has received his Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, amid criticism that it is undeserved. Obama defended the concept of "just wars" where necessary, saying that America upholds moral standards in warfare.
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OSLO (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, set to start in 19 months, will be gradual, and U.S. aid to that nation will last for years. "We're not going to see some sharp cliff, some precipitous drawdown," Obama told reporters in Oslo, where he traveled to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. The president said he is sticking to his plan to start the drawdown in July 2011, but he signaled...
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Obama is accepting the Nobel Peace Prize a week after he ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to fight the war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh ...
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First Lady Michelle Obama was named Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Person of 2009, one year after President Barack Obama took the honor. "It has been a whirlwind. But it's been amazing," Obama told Walters on her Wednesday special, The 10 Most Fascinating ...
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Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is accepting the world’s best-known peace award as a wartime president, an incongruity that he will directly speak to when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize today, White House officials say.
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President Barack Obama is accepting the world’s best-known peace award as a wartime president, an incongruity that he will directly speak to when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize today, White House officials say.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is accepting the world's best-known peace award as a wartime president, an incongruity that he will directly speak to when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, White House officials say.
The president departed Wednesday to Oslo in an overnight flight, in time to be there for the award ceremony and banquet, and not much more. His minimalist approach reflects a White House that sees little value in...
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A wartime president being honored for peace, Barack Obama says he reserves the right as commander in chief to act unilaterally to defend the U.S. but that the U.S. must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. Obama also says criticism of his award as premature might recede if he advances goals such as a nuclear-free world and tackling climate change.
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President Barack Obama and novelist Herta Müller will receive their Nobel prizes today in a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall -- and let's not forget Baltimorean Carol Greider, who will share the prize in medicine.The big awards often...
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President Barack Obama says lasting peace requires human rights and economic opportunity for individuals, and sanctions against regimes that violate international rules.As Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday he said war is sometimes necessary but a resilient peace can be achieved if the world imposes several conditions.He said the international community must impose meaningful sanctions on nations such as Iran and North Korea when...
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Less than one year after he took office, U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to go to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He says he is humbled by the award and not sure he has done enough to warrant such a high honor. The announcement by ...
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OSLO (AFP) – US President Barack Obama landed in Norway on Thursday to accept his Nobel Peace Prize, amid controversy over his role as a "war president" and widespread doubts about whether he deserves the honor. Obama touched down after an ...
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The president is joining the list of winners under such odd circumstances -- honored for working to rehape the way the United States deals with the world just days after ordering 30,000 more U.S. troops to the Afghanistan war -- that he will make a ...
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By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Remember when President Barack Obama was (wrongly) awarded the Nobel Peace Prize back in October? He supposedly got it not for what he had done in only nine months in office but for the potential of what he could do to promote peace in the future.
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A scientist who escaped suicide bombers, a writer who endured years of persecution in communist Romania and an American president who has yet to serve his first full year in office are among those to be honoured on Thursday with this year's Nobel ...
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President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be."
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You can watch online the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Barack Obama receive the award at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, today, 10th December, 12:00 pm – 1.30 pm (GMT). After last year's ceremony Intute explained the background and history ...
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CBC.caBarack Obama set for Oslo Nobel Peace Prize ceremonyBBC NewsUS President Barack Obama is due to collect his Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Norway's capital, Oslo. The prize was awarded to Mr Obama in October for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between ...Obama leaves for Oslo to collect Nobel Peace PrizeXinhuaObama departs for Nobel Peace Prize ceremonyWashington PostCastro accuses...
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President Barack Obama arrived on Thursday in Norway to receive his Nobel Peace Prize, with live television pictures showing his plane touching down safely at Oslo's main airport. Obama is the third sitting U.S. president, along with Theodore ...
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Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo will be one of the trickier occasions of Barack Obamas presidency. A CNN poll has found that just 19 per cent of Americans think that Obama deserves the prize. And Obamas facing a lot of heat from the Left over his Afghan war troop increase, including an online petition And the Norwegians, far from being grateful that Obama accepted the prize, are now griping that Obama isnt spending the whole week...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is accepting the world's best-known peace award as a wartime president, an incongruity that he will directly speak to when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, White House officials say.
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President Barack Obama is in Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize bestowed upon him only after a short time in office.While attending the Peace Prize Signing Ceremony Thursday, Obama commented that he was honored to be awarded the prize and congratulated the Nobel Committee for the work that it's done over the course of history to highlight the cause of peace.Funny thing is, Barack Obama is a wartime president. The President, just last...
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Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. The 83-year-old former Cuban leader initially applauded Obama's selection, but he ...
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(The Associated Press) President Barack Obama has arrived in Oslo, where he will receive his Nobel Peace Prize medal later Thursday.Obama is in the unusual position of accepting the peace prize a week after he ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to fight the war in Afghanistan.
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By BEN FELLER
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OSLO, Norway (AP) - Honored for peace in a time of war, President Barack Obama is formally becoming a Nobel laureate on Thursday under such odd circumstances that even he will make a point of it.
In a ceremony in Oslo, the president will receive his Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma for his work to reshape the way the United States deals with the world.
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President Barack Obama will, no doubt, gracefully accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
Here, in Phoenix, Arizona, we enjoy little peace; indeed, we live in the chaos generated by a reign of terror that Obama has done little to address.
Yes, his federal investigators are...
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A display table setting is seen in the State Dining Room prior to the State Dinner for India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. OSLO, Norway -- A wartime president honored for peace, Barack Obama ...
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The decision to award Mr. Obama the peace prize was made during the period of irrational exuberance - the Obamamania - that attended his ascent to power. Nominations closed Feb. 1, when he had been in office less than two weeks. The lingering sense developed that the noteworthy achievement the committee wanted to recognize was either that Mr. Obama was not George W. Bush, or that he was black. Unless you are Barack Hussein Obama, you generally...
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Times OnlineIn Obama Speech, War and PeaceWall Street JournalUS President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Thursday will focus on the discordant note struck by a war president receiving the world's highest honor for peacemaking, senior administration officials say. ...Barack Obama set for Oslo Nobel Peace Prize ceremonyBBC NewsObama's low-profile trip irks Norwegians: pollsXinhuaNobel prize winner Obama will face Afghan war...
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As President Barack Obama prepares to accept his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, he is well-aware that he has not yet achieved the same standing as previous winners, press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday. Gibbs suggested the president will be ...
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OSLO - President Barack Obama arrived on Thursday in Norway to receive his Nobel Peace Prize, with live television pictures showing his plane touching down safely at Oslo's main airport. Obama is the third sitting U.S. president, along with Theodore ...
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Barack Obama's trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace award is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation of a series of events normally attended by the prizewinner. Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his shabby response to the prize by cutting short his visit. The White House has cancelled many of the events peace prize laureates traditionally submit to, including a dinner with the Norwegian Nobel committee, a...
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The Norway Spiral, a strange light that appeared in the sky across Norway last night, has Norwegian residents and international spectators baffled as videos of the incident hit YouTube.
The light was spotted one day before President Barack Obama was scheduled to give an acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway for his Nobel Peace Prize.
Speculation is rampant on what the light actually was; "anything from a Russian rocket to a meteor or shock wave...
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is accepting the world's best-known peace award as a wartime president, an incongruity that he will directly speak to when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize today, White House officials say.
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The morning programs will offer milestones -- of wildly different sorts -- the next two days. President Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday morning. You can expect wide coverage of his speech on the cable news channels. CNN...
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President Barack Obama will accept this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this morning, tackling head-on the paradox in his receiving the accolade just 10 days after committing an additional 30,000 US troops to the war in Afghanistan. Related Stories‘Meetings of DPP can’t be turned into fortresses’War deaths blamed on ‘amateur’ politiciansMan who shared child porn jailed for six monthsMan admits harassing prison psychologisteasyJet replaces...
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Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will confront the Afghan war "head-on" when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and address criticism he does not deserve it so early in his presidency, officials said.
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President Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to "stop trying to frighten the American people" even as he and Democrats said they see a possibility for bipartisan cooperation on job creation legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday, producing a chart to show Republicans that "things are a lot better." Reid and House...
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Barack Obama’s trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace award is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation of a series of events normally attended by the prizewinner.
Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his shabby response to the prize by cutting short his visit.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama talked holiday gifts when Oprah Winfrey went to the White House to film a Christmas special.
In quotes released Wednesday by Harpo Productions, President Obama tells Winfrey that as a rule he gives "nicer stuff than I get." Michelle Obama responds, "No way, I gave you good gifts last year."
Winfrey's special is to include a tour of White House holiday decorations and an appearance by Bo...
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CHICAGO — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama talked holiday gifts when Oprah Winfrey went to the White House to film a Christmas special.
In quotes released Wednesday by Harpo Productions, President Obama tells Winfrey that as a rule he gives "nicer stuff than I get." Michelle Obama responds, "No way, I gave you good gifts last year."
Winfrey's special is to include a tour of White House holiday decorations and an...
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Obama to GOP: 'Stop trying to frighten the American people'
From news article: By Sam Youngman - 12/09/09 01:14 PM ET
President Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to "stop trying to frighten the American people" even as he and Democrats said they see a possibility for bipartisan cooperation on job creation legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan...
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President Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to "stop trying to frighten the American people" even as he and Democrats said they see a possibility for bipartisan cooperation on job creation legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday, producing a chart to show Republicans that "things are a lot better...
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Nearly $6 million in stimulus money was paid to two firms run by Mark Penn, who was Hillary Rodham Clinton’s pollster in the 2008 presidential election. Federal records show that $5.97 million from the $787 billion stimulus helped preserve three jobs at Burson’Marsteller, the global public’relations and communications firm headed by Penn.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) Hours before Barack Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a new national poll indicates that fewer Americans than ever think the president deserves the award. But according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, a majority of the public believes the president will eventually accomplish enough to merit the honor. Nineteen percent of people questioned in the poll released Wednesday afternoon say Obama currently...
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President Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to “stop trying to frighten the American people” even as he and Democrats said they see a possibility for bipartisan cooperation on job creation legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday, producing [...]‘’””’
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President Barack Obama will accept this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this morning, tackling head-on the paradox in his receiving the accolade just 10 days after committing an additional 30,000 US troops to the war in Afghanistan. The presentation in Oslo City Hall will be seized by the President as an opportunity to articulate, if he is able, how pressing forward with two wars is compatible with his wider vision of breaking down walls...
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by Emily SwansonCNN / Opinion Research Corporation
12/2-3/09; 1,041 adults, 3% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
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As you may know, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama. Do you think Obama has accomplished enough so far to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, or don't you think so? (IF DO NOT THINK HE ACCOMPLISHED ENOUGH) Do you think it is likely or unlikely that...
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Despite Republican opposition on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he's still hoping for bipartisan support for his efforts to use financial bailout money to help small businesses and bring down double-digit unemployment. READ MORE >>
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Limbaugh Doctored Jesse Jackson Quote to Make It Look Like Jackson Opposes Obama:So on his radio show yesterday, prior to asserting that he understood "the black frame of mind" and that black people were "feeling abandoned" in part because of "Tiger Woods' choice of females," Rush Limbaugh was trying to show that African Americans are turning against President Barack Obama by playing a clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson from The Tavis Smiey Show...
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Kansas City StarObama to tackle Afghan war head-on in Nobel speechReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama will frame the war in Afghanistan as part of wider pursuit for peace when he accepts the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, a US official said. Obama, who flies to Norway on Wednesday night, ...Obama's Nobel Speech to Reflect Pursuit of Peace in Time of WarBloombergWhat can Nobel winner and war president Obama say...
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President Barack Obama will accept the world"s best-known peace prize by explaining what it means to wage war... an incongruity that has weighed on him and that he will take on directly when he receives the Nobel Peace Prize... White House officials sayfrom ABC 13
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A group of African-Americans say Cuba's record on protecting the rights of its black citizens is poor. A declaration of protest signed by 60 prominent African-Americans, including Princeton University professor Cornel West, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright ...
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NEW YORK - December 9 - On December 10, as President Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, members of the New York City chapter of the War Resisters League will carry cardboard coffins across mid-town Manhattan in a solemn and ...
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Via CNN: A group of prominent African-Americans has challenged Cuba's race record, accusing the island nation of harassing its black citizens and cracking down on civil rights activists. Sixty intellectuals and artists, including Princeton University professor Cornel West, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and actress Ruby Dee, have signed a declaration of protest.
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Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Republicans, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Polls, Sarah Palin, Poll WatchIf there was a political popularity contest, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would be the winner right now with President Obama a close runner-up, according to a Bloomberg poll conducted Dec. 3-7. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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President Obama has delivered his share of challenging speeches, tackling race and his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. in the heat of the 2008 campaign, pitching his health care overhaul plan to a skeptical Congress in September, and, just last week, explaining to an anxious nation his decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. This week, Mr. Obama will face perhaps his most daunting oratorical challenge: accepting a...
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WASHINGTON Sean Hannity today defended Sarah Palin's recent comments about Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for the presidency and WND's pursuit of the story. He said the question about his original, long-form birth certificate has still not been answered. "What was so wrong in saying that, 'Can we see your birth certificate?' ... We were told early on that, in fact, somebody else had looked at it and confirmed that it was...
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The Post & Email can confirm this afternoon, that Attorneys Leo Donofrio and Steven Pidgeon are representing a group of Chrysler Automotive dealers in seeking legal redress to their loss of their franchises following the direct and unconstitutional involvement of Barack Hussein Obama in the Chrysler reorganization.
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As President Barack Obama travels to Oslo, Norway, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize this week, a national poll released Tuesday found only 26 percent of citizens believe the president still deserves the prize. Quinnipiac University found 66 percent of ...
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I post some data analysis over at my other weblog. For example, today I looked at the relationship between food stamp usage and unemployment. The Census makes a lot of county-level data available, though it's often slapdash and disorganized. But using R I've constructed many data sets including most American counties. I don't post here much because I concentrate more on science in this space, and the 500 pixel width means that integrating...
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Throughout its more than 100-year history the Norwegian Nobel Committee has been no stranger to controversy, as this year with its attribution of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama.The October 9 announcement stunned the world, and the laureate himself.Many observers were quick to call Obama's prize "premature," and the US leader's decision, just nine days before the glitzy Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo on Thursday, to send 30...
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Washington - US President Barack Obama will have to put on his best balancing act when he arrives Thursday in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, a week after ordering a major escalation of the fight in Afghanistan. Receiving one of the world's mos...
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The Nobel Peace Prize may be controversial, but you have to love the Nobel Peace Center where the winners are immortalized. Exhibits include a darkened room filled with LED screens in a field of sparkling rods like waving blades of grass. Approach a screen, and it springs to life with a video presentation from a featured Peace Prize winner.
US President Barack Obama is scheduled to receive his prize on December 10 during a ceremony at the...
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MyFox PhoenixA Good Use for Obama's Nobel Peace PrizeWall Street JournalThe US president could give meaning to his medal by giving it to Iranian rights activist Shirin Ebadi. By EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI When, back in October, the Nobel Prize Committee announced that US President Barack Obama was their 2009 laureate, ...Obama to mention Afghan war in peace prize speechReutersA Peace Prize for a War PresidentCBS NewsEPA can act...Climate conference...
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President Barack Obama will accept his Nobel peace prize this week as a war president, and will address the awkward timing of his Afghan troop surge announcement head on, the White House said Monday.Obama will leave for Oslo on Wednesday and accept the surprise award the next day, on a delicate mission on which he must juggle the status of the prize with his so far limited foreign policy record.
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BAGHDAD — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq's elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop ...
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McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq's elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop withdrawal.
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq's elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop withdrawal.In a phone call Sunday with Massoud Barzani, the powerful president of Iraq's Kurdish region, Obama and Biden persuaded him to withdraw the Kurds' objections to an elections law, Kurdish lawmakers...
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BAGHDAD President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq s elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop withdrawal.
In a phone call Sunday with Massoud Barzani, the powerful president of Iraq s Kurdish region, Obama and Biden persuaded him to withdraw the Kurds objections to an elections law, Kurdish...
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Oslo - US President Barack Obama has shortened his visit to Oslo this week where he is to receive the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Monday. Obama had been expected to arrive late Wednesday on the eve of the ceremony in ...
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1991 Barack Hussein Obama filled out an application stating that was the only name he had ever gone by. this to become a member of the Illinois Bar Association. Obama claims he was a Professor.That's like Sanders of Kentucky fried ...
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(Dec. 4) -- On Dec. 10, President Barack Obama will be in Oslo, Norway, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. His highly anticipated acceptance speech comes just days after he announced his decision to sent 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. So, what should the president say? Just as there are varied opinions as to whether Obama deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize, there is no shortage of advice on what the president should say to his audience...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Sunday that health care reform will not be President Barack Obama’s Waterloo moment.
“Republicans are being destructive,” said Reid. “They want this to be … President Obama’s Waterloo and it’s not going to be.” (0:08)
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London, Dec.4 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Yousuf Raza Gilani has rejected US President Barack Obama’s claims regarding the presence of Al-Qaeda leadership in the country, saying there is no ‘credible’ information’ about Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts.
Responding to a question during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown here, Gilani said [...]
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From thaindian.com
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President Barack Obama is angry about the infiltration of a State Dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by two intruders, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday. Yet little over a year ago in September 2008, candidate Obama placed his seal of approval on the actions of one of his top funders, Code Pink co-founder and terrorist supporter Jodie Evans, by meeting with her at a high profile Hollywood fundraiser just days...
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President Barack Obama's decision to break with tradition and not follow the lead of past Nobel Peace Prize winners bewildered some Norwegians. Others thought he was being impolite.
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