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News that Barack Obama, president for just under nine months, had won the Nobel Peace Prize surprised and delighted Miami Valley peace activists and political watchers.
But the consensus was also that Obama, president for just 12 days before the nominations deadline, got the award Friday, Oct. 9, not for what he has accomplished, but for what the Nobel committee hopes he will do.See the full content of this document
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Obama's Peace Prize a 'Vote of Confidence'
"I would see it as a vote of confidence, but also a challenge," said Kate Johnson...
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