Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is "call to action"

Obama: Nobel Peace Prize is 'call to action'
by Caitlin Canavati - Wednesday, 10 October 2009, 08:17 PM
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President Barack Obama was anounced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Just 8 months into his presidency, he is given this award and it was a big suprise to many people, including the President himself, though he was very humbled and honored. The committee honors him for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." He has been making huge efforts to bring peace to different parts of the world by traveling and meeting with other leaders, including trying to stop Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs. Many people are hoping the conflicts of Afghanistan, and Iraq will be resolved due to Obama winning this award. Obama is one of four presidents to being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and he plans on donating 1.4 million of it to charity.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html?eref=rss_politics

I think this award was rightfully given to our President, and thoughts of being awarded to him prematurely are wrong. Though, I am just as surprised as Obama that he won it. Obama has been making a great effort for the good of the country to make peace and fix relationships that have been struggling. I hope just as anyone that this does help the president continue to rid the world of nuclear weapons and bring back the peace we have been missing for quite some time now. Though i feel he is doing well and working hard, he still has a lot of work to do. It is a great honor to win this award, and let's hope we can see down the road that he was the right person to win it.