Comment: Obama faces Afghan battle on home front (CNN)
Barack Obama was viewed as the anti-war candidate for the White House and then won the Nobel Peace Prize as president. Now he’ll triple the size of the American force in Afghanistan that he inherited less than a year ago.
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Obama ‘ought to do a lot more’ on climate: Pachauri (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President Barack Obama should do more to push for a US climate deal, Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said Thursday.
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Despite Nobel, Obama find Mideast peace elusive (AFP via Yahoo! News)
He has pushed and cajoled in grand statements and closed-door meetings, but President Barack Obama — a newly-minted Nobel Peace Prize winner — is finding Middle East peace remains elusive.
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Majority of Nobel jury ‘objected to Obama prize’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday.
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Pakistani Taliban criticize Obama’s peace Nobel (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Pakistani Taliban has criticized the decision to award Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize saying the U.S.
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Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize (AP via Yahoo! News)
One judge noted with surprise that President Barack Obama “didn’t look particularly happy” at being named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Another marveled at how critics could be so patronizing.
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AP Newsbreak: Nobel jury defends Obama decision (AP via Yahoo! News)
Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending their choice against a storm of criticism that the award was premature and a potential liability for the U.S. president.
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Obama’s Surprising Nobel Wake-Up Call (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
When asked if anyone at the White House had even known Obama was a nominee for the prize, Gibbs said, “Not that I can find.”
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Russians praise, GOP mocks, Obama’s peace prize (AP via Yahoo! News)
While Russia’s president congratulated President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans see the award as so outrageous that they’re using it to raise campaign money.
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Russian president congratulates Obama on Nobel (AP via Yahoo! News)
Russia’s president has congratulated President Barack Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying the award will encourage further U.S.-Russian cooperation, the Kremlin said Saturday.
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