President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Today, it was announced that President Barack Obama will become the fourth U.S. president to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.  He has been awarded the prize for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

The three other presidents to be awarded this honor are:

President Jimmy Carter (2002) - for "his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."

President Woodrow Wilson (1919) - for his Fourteen Points peace program and for having "succeeded in bringing a design for a fundamental law of humanity into present-day international politics>'

President Theodore Roosevelt (1906) - for his role in ending the 1905 war between Japan and Russia.

The Nobel Peace Prize

CNN: Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

New York Times: In surprise, Nobel Peace Prize to Obama for Diplomacy

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President Jimmy Carter's Birthday

Today marks the 85th birthday of our 39th president, James Earl Carter. President Carter served from 1977 to 1981 and was known as Jimmy Carter. He expanded the national park system, protecting 103 million acres of Alaskna lands. An environmentalist, he also dealt with an energy shortage by establishing a neational energy policy. Presidennt Carter's presidency, however, was overwhelmed by inflation, war in Afghanistan, and hostages in Iran. To learn more, click on these links:

White House: Biography of Jimmy Carter

American President: Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum


Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Urban Studies