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War and Peace and the Nobel Prize
President Obama is now a Nobel laureate, acknowledging that he's a war president while accepting the prestigious prize for peace. We hear excerpts of his remarks and get a variety of reactions. Also, developing nations balk at carbon cuts in Copenhagen, and five US citizens from Northern Virginia arrested in Pakistan and charged with planning jihad.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenPresident Obama is now a Nobel laureate, acknowledging that he's a war president while accepting the prestigious prize for peace. We hear excerpts of his remarks and get a variety of reactions. Also, developing nations balk at carbon cuts in Copenhagen, and Pakistani police claim that five Muslim Americans came to their country to join the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Banner image: Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama displays his diploma and gold medal during the Nobel ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo on December 10, 2009. Photo: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images
