Democracy Now!
With Amy Goodman
With Amy Goodman
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"....President Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Price, less than nine months after taking office. The chair of the Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, made the announcement today in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.
The Nobel Committee specifically highlighted what it called Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. After the announcement, Jagland took questions from journalists.
President Obama took office less than two weeks before the nomination deadline. He is the third sitting American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize after Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.
For more we are joined by two journalists: Jeremy Scahill is an award-winning reporter and Democracy Now! correspondent. He is author of the international bestseller, “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.” His writing is available at RebelReports.com. He joins us via Democracy Now video stream. And joining us on the telephone is award-winning journalist and author, Naomi Klein. She is author of the books “The Shock Doctrine” and “No Logo.” She joins us on the line from her home in Toronto.
Just before the program we reached veteran journalist and activist Tariq Ali. He has written over a dozen books and is on the editorial board of the New Left Review. Democracy Now producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous asked Tariq Ali for his reaction to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize......."
"....President Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Price, less than nine months after taking office. The chair of the Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, made the announcement today in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.
The Nobel Committee specifically highlighted what it called Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. After the announcement, Jagland took questions from journalists.
President Obama took office less than two weeks before the nomination deadline. He is the third sitting American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize after Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.
For more we are joined by two journalists: Jeremy Scahill is an award-winning reporter and Democracy Now! correspondent. He is author of the international bestseller, “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.” His writing is available at RebelReports.com. He joins us via Democracy Now video stream. And joining us on the telephone is award-winning journalist and author, Naomi Klein. She is author of the books “The Shock Doctrine” and “No Logo.” She joins us on the line from her home in Toronto.
Just before the program we reached veteran journalist and activist Tariq Ali. He has written over a dozen books and is on the editorial board of the New Left Review. Democracy Now producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous asked Tariq Ali for his reaction to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize......."
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