Word: honored
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...globe were shaking their head in puzzlement or dismay. Sure, there was the Committee's official line, praising Obama's "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." But that really didn't shed much light on why the Oslo-based committee had bestowed the prestigious honor on a President who has been in office for less than a year. As Charlotte Lepri, a researcher with the Institute of International and Strategic Relations in Paris, described her friends' and colleagues' reaction to the news, "People said, 'Why? What did he do? The perception was the Nobel traditionally goes...
...wasn't Barack Obama's fault that the Nobel Committee awarded him the Peace Prize, and it needs little imagination - looking at the first reactions to the honor in the U.S., which were hardly positive - to believe that the award was one that he would rather not have been granted. But granted it was, and Obama had to say something about it. Without being showy or dynamic, his brief speech in the White House Rose Garden...
...Conservatives in America," Halperin continues, "many of whom recently expressed joy that Obama failed on the international stage in his hands-on bid to win the Olympic Games for Chicago, will denounce Obama's award as a farce. Even some neutral critics will agree that the honor seems, at a minimum, premature." (See pictures of Obama's presidential campaign behind the scenes...
...Mohamed ElBaradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency and 2005 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize "I cannot think of anyone today more deserving of this honor ... President Obama has provided outstanding leadership on moving towards a world free of nuclear weapons...
...Obama's uncle, who is in Kogelo, Kenya "It is humbling for us as a family, and we share in Barack's honor ... we congratulate...