Obama wins Nobel Prize... but can he live up to it
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Obama wins Nobel Prize... but can he live up to it?
Op_ed
By Don Williams
Friday, 09 October 2009
President Obama’s selection for the Nobel Prize, announced this morning, caught many by surprise, but can he live up to it?
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