Obama Nobel Prize

Obama the 44th president of the united states had been in power for less than eight months when he was awarded the nobel peace prize for 2009.

Obama nobel prize. But even the white house was lukewarm about the news. As communications scholar robert terrill writes the obama administration found itself in the awkward position of trying to downplay one of the planet s most high profile. The 2009 nobel peace prize was awarded to united states president barack obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people. Looking at the present trump actually deserves one.

The norwegian nobel committee announced the award on october 9 2009 citing obama s promotion of nuclear nonproliferation and a new climate in international relations fostered by obama especially in reaching out to the muslim world. The world was largely surprised when president obama was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2009. An embodiment of hope and equality obama represented much of what the nobel prize aimed to engender in others. Geir lundestad told the ap news agency that the.

The morning the prize was. The prize was thought to be preemptive and encouraging for a leader who had ambitious global plans. 4 president obama is. Awarding the nobel peace prize to us president barack obama in 2009 failed to achieve what the committee hoped it would its ex secretary has said.

Among the reasons it gave the nobel committee lauded obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. In 2009 president obama was awarded the nobel peace prize apparently on the grounds of good intentions and great expectations. Here is more on the honor that the former commander in chief received in 2009. It seemed to some a self evident choice.

The nobel committee s decision drew mixed reactions from us commentators and edito.