Now that the last of the five congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care, Max Baucus’ Senate Finance Committee, has passed its much anticipated reform bill, it falls to majority leader Harry Reid to cobble together something that can pass the Senate. That is no easy feat
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Does ‘strengthening diplomacy’ warrant Nobel? Americans split
The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to “strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” appears to have left some in the United States divided over whether non-tangible achievements are worthy of such an esteemed award. “So can anyone tell me how this man won the Nobel Peace Prize” iRepoter Katy Brown wondered, asking whether it had more to do with him becoming the first black U.S.
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Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The first African-American to win the White House, Obama was praised by the Norweigan Nobel Committee for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” “Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee said