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October 9, 2009

Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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President Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. In a
statement earlier today, the Oslo-based Nobel Committee cited Obama for
“extraordinary efforts in international diplomacy and co-operation
between peoples.” Obama is the third US president to win the Nobel while
in office. The award comes despite Obama’s continuation of the Iraq war
and escalation of the US occupation of Afghanistan.



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