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President Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

After watching President Barack Obama humbly accept the peace prize, view the actual announcement from the Nobel Peace committee with the president being awarded the 2009 prize. It comes with a $1.4 million award.

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Here is a commentator from BBC and his opinion on the peace prize.

ANALYSIS

Paul Reynolds
BBC News, London

The award is certainly unexpected and might be regarded as more of an encouragement for intentions than a reward for achievements.

After all, the president has been in office for a little over eight months and he might hope to serve eight years. His ambition for a world free of nuclear weapons is one that is easier to declare than to achieve and a climate control agreement has yet to be reached.

Indeed, the citation indicates that it is President Obama’s world view that attracted the Nobel committee – that diplomacy should be founded “on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population”.

P.S. Hopefully, Obama will be inspired on to help America regain he strength.

P.P.S. Again, this will be an opportunity to provide hope for all countries and acknowledge that anything is possible.

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