TheLegacy
10-09-2009, 11:02 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/10/09/bpr.obama.nobel.prize.jagland.cnn
- strengthened diplomacy and climate of peace
- vision of nuclear free world
- tries to solve problems through diplomacy
**NOTE: ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO VOTE FOR OBAMA
The last sitting U.S. president to win the peace prize was Woodrow Wilson in 1919. The other was Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Jimmy Carter had been out of office for more than two decades when he won in 2002.
This year's Peace Prize nominees included 172 people -- among them three Chinese dissidents, an Afghan activist and a controversial Colombian lawmaker -- and 33 organizations, the highest number of nominations ever.
The Nobel recipient receives a prize of about $1.4 million.
**NOTE: How many of you will wonder if IRS will check to see if he filed his prize winnings :)
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I really am not sure what to say, if all of the committee which includes countries that hate Obama now agreed then it's good for him.
These awards began a few weeks after he got into office though, so I am not sure of the process but maybe we're not privy to all the details of Obama's journey's or success's.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/10/09/bpr.obama.nobel.prize.jagland.cnn
- strengthened diplomacy and climate of peace
- vision of nuclear free world
- tries to solve problems through diplomacy
**NOTE: ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO VOTE FOR OBAMA
The last sitting U.S. president to win the peace prize was Woodrow Wilson in 1919. The other was Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Jimmy Carter had been out of office for more than two decades when he won in 2002.
This year's Peace Prize nominees included 172 people -- among them three Chinese dissidents, an Afghan activist and a controversial Colombian lawmaker -- and 33 organizations, the highest number of nominations ever.
The Nobel recipient receives a prize of about $1.4 million.
**NOTE: How many of you will wonder if IRS will check to see if he filed his prize winnings :)
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I really am not sure what to say, if all of the committee which includes countries that hate Obama now agreed then it's good for him.
These awards began a few weeks after he got into office though, so I am not sure of the process but maybe we're not privy to all the details of Obama's journey's or success's.