Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech

Mr. President, It's Time to Be a "Fierce Advocate" for Gay Ugandans

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Uganda is about to pass an anti-gay bill that could result in the execution of homosexuals. President Obama, I ask you to speak out against this atrocious bill.

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Obama's Oslo Doctrine

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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This was really Obama at his best -- candid, realistic, passionate, idealistic and level-headed. This is probably the closest thing we have to a personal articulation of Obama's fundamental beliefs about America's role in the world.

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Norway Spiral: WATCH Strange Light In Sky Ahead Of Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Norway Spiral, a strange light that appeared in the sky across Norway last night, has Norwegian residents and international spectators baffled as ...

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Good and Evil in a Troubled World

Craig Barnes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nobody seems happy. Not the democrats who want to get out of Afghanistan; not the Republicans who want to bomb devils and wipe out evil.

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Arianna On The 'Supreme Irony' Of Obama's Nobel Speech (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna appeared on "The Joy Behar Show" Thursday evening with Behar and radio host Stephanie Miller, where she weighed in on President Obama's Nobel ...

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War and Peace

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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The subtext of Obama's speech is that he can be exempt from the constraints of moral leadership implicit in the receipt of the Nobel Prize and still use it as a political marketing tool. But it doesn't work that way.

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Obama's Nobel Address Put Liberal Face On 'Ugly And Decidedly Illeberal Policies,' Glenn Greenwald Says

salon.com | Alex Koppelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reactions to Obama's Nobel speech yesterday were remarkably consistent across the political spectrum, and there were two points on which virtually eve...

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It May Have Been a Nobel Peace Prize Speech, but Obama Is No Pacifist

Richard N. Haass | Posted 05.25.2011

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This was a supremely realistic statement about the presence of evil in the world, the limitations of international institutions, the need to talk to tyrants, and the unavoidability of war.

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Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech: Oslo Prepares For President's Arrival (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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He's coming to collect the Peace Prize, but the visit may not be entirely peaceful. When President Obama arrives in Oslo Thursday to accept his Nobe...

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The Benefits of Ambivalence: Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize

Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's rhetoric in his Nobel acceptance speech was as powerful as ever. Obama pointed to the importance of striving for peace, and attempted to justify US involvement in Afghanistan.

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Determining a "Just War" in 2009, 1906, and 412 AD

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

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In December of 1906, Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and he made these remarks to Congress in that same month.

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Obama Nobel Peace Prize: President Picks Up His Award

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSLO — Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his pre...

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Keep Your Eyes on the Peace Prize

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Almost 45 years ago to the day, Martin Luther King gave his Nobel acceptance speech, and flatly contradicted Obama's reasoning and conclusion that war is a necessary practice.

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President Obama, Find Peace Through Truth

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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What better way for Obama to begin his labors of peace on the world stage than by impaneling a Truth Commission to investigate the wrongdoings of the Bush administration regarding their pre-emptive war with Iraq?

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Obama Nobel Speech VIDEO: "Surprised And Deeply Humbled"

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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** Read the full speech text below ** (AP) WASHINGTON -- A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobe...

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