Sunday, October 11, 2009

A New Acompleshment



President Obama won the Nobel Piece Prize, "because of his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". The Nobel Piece Prize is a award given to a person who have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses  According to Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland, "He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate." Other presidents who won the prize were Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy CarterTeddy Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for helping to end the Russo-Japanese War. Woodrow Wilson  won Nobel Peace Prize in 1919 after pushing to join the League of Nations. Jimmy Carter won Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 (not while he was elected in office) for humanitarian efforts.

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