Obama: Peace prize sends ‘call to action’
Nobel panel cites international diplomacy
Posted: October 10, 2009 at 6:52 a.m.
President Barack Obama takes a call in the Oval Office on Friday before speaking to the nation about his Nobel Peace Prize.
President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” an honor that came less than nine months after Obama became the country’s first black president.
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