Obama Accepts the Nobel Peace Prize

President Obama receives nobel
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Norwegian Wood
An overview of the room at Oslo's City Hall. Obama is the third sitting American president to receive the award — Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were honored in 1906 and 1919 respectively — which was established 108 years ago by Alfred Nobel, a wealthy chemist and investor of dynamite.

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