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Why Barack Obama was particularly unsuited to live up to the ideals of the Nobel Peace Prize

  • Written by Nick Lehr, Arts + Culture Editor
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One en route to Oslo, Norway, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2009.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

A decade ago, in October 2009, Barack Obama learned that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was uncomfortable with the prize, saying that he didn’t feel that he deserved...

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