Obama Accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
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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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