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Today's story deals with President Obama receiving the
Nobel Peace Prize an Honor that was also bestowed upon
Dr. King. After reading the story below feel free to comment



President Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today, acknowledging in his speech the hotly debated irony of receiving it as a wartime president.

According to a Times article today, Obama’s speech to the Nobel Committee defended his war stance, saying the pursuit of a “just peace” sometimes means more than simply refraining from violence.

The selection of Obama for the award has been controversial, coming less than a year into his first term and just days after he announced he would commit 30,000 additional U.S. troops to the war in Afghanistan.

Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland suggested the award will encourage the president to achieve his goals.

And while he didn’t mention if he supported Obama’s military buildup, a video on the Nobelprize.org website with Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, explained how the President’s prize follows the statutes of Alfred Nobel’s will.

Twitter users and readers have mostly been critical of the president's Peace Prize, but some at least admired Obama's address to the committee:

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