Usually, when a president wins the Nobel Peace Prize, it is uniformly seen as a positive development for America and for the world.
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Why Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Could Hurt Obama
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most powerful platforms in the world. Winners get immediate global attention and the chance to meet and influence leaders and governments everywhere
Will Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Hurt Barack Obama?
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most powerful platforms in the world. Winners get immediate global attention and the chance to meet and influence leaders and governments everywhere.
Twitterers Tweet Reactions to Obama’s Nobel Prize
“Never seen Twitter so united in sarcasm as over the Nobel announcement.” With that tweet — which at a mere 59 characters is terse even by Twitter’s Procrustean standards — Alex Evans aka @alexevansuk, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, sums up the prevailing sentiment on the microblogging website.
The Limits of Humility: Obama’s Well-Judged Acceptance
It wasn’t Barack Obama’s fault that the Nobel committee awarded him the Peace Prize, and it needs little imagination — looking at the first reactions to the honor in the U.S., which were hardly positive — to believe that the award was one that he would rather not have had granted.
Does ‘strengthening diplomacy’ warrant Nobel? Americans split
The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to “strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” appears to have left some in the United States divided over whether non-tangible achievements are worthy of such an esteemed award. “So can anyone tell me how this man won the Nobel Peace Prize” iRepoter Katy Brown wondered, asking whether it had more to do with him becoming the first black U.S.
Zakaria: Nobel rewards Obama’s ‘big, bold gambit’
President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a stunning decision that comes just eight months into his presidency. NEW YORK (CNN) — President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a stunning decision that comes just eight months into his presidency.
Praise and skepticism greet Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
The surprise decision to award U.S.
Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The first African-American to win the White House, Obama was praised by the Norweigan Nobel Committee for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” “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
Odd facts about Nobel Prize winners
It’s Nobel Prize announcement week, and if you had Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn, or Jack Szostak in your office pool, you’re off to a good start (the trio will share this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine).