Word: prized
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...After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, 'Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday,' " referring to the First Mutt. "And then Sasha added, 'Plus we have a three-day weekend coming up,' " in reference to Columbus Day. "So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective." (See pictures of Obama's family tree...
Obama said he doesn't "feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize" but that he would travel to Oslo in December to accept it as "a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century." He then rattled off a laundry list of problems. Beyond nuclear weapons and climate change, he said he hoped the prize would serve as a catalyst to grapple with the Middle East, violence, poverty, disease and racism. "Some of the work confronting us will...
...item of interest" e-mails from the Situation Room staff. So that is how most staffers were notified this morning - if they were awake. Shortly after 5 a.m., the Situation Room sent out an internal e-mail with the subject line: "Item of Interest: President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize." Phones quickly started ringing after that, including a call from Gibbs to wake up Obama just before 6 a.m. Five hours later, the President strode into the Rose Garden as the globe's newest Nobel laureate...
...what Twitterers thought of giving Obama the prize...
...sooner had the Nobel Peace Prize been awarded to Barack Obama than countless observers around the 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...