How can the President earn his Nobel Peace Prize?
The announcement that President Barack Obama would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year came as a surprise to many ? including the president, apparently ? and inspired criticism that his record thus far hasn’t justified such an award. How can President Obama show from this point forward that he deserves the Peace Prize? To help answer that is David Sanger, The New York Times chief Washington correspondent; and James Fallows, former presidential speechwriter and a contributor for the Atlantic.
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