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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 886533" data-attributes="member: 1246">Hey, it’s not like they awarded Obama the Nobel based on a bunch of campaign speeches . . . no, wait?<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-nobel-peace-carter-no-pix-no-tv-idUSTRE7955P120111006" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> — Barack Obama needs to make good on the promises that won him the Nobel Peace Prize, fellow laureate and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said Thursday.

On the eve of this year’s Nobel award, which could honor the Arab Spring protesters who caught Washington off guard by toppling autocratic leaders who were U.S. allies, Carter told Reuters he hoped his fellow Democrat would keep promises on promoting human rights, Middle East peace and other issues.
“I hope he’ll fulfill the promises that were made at the time h
e got the peace prize,” Carter said in an interview when asked what Obama, who was honored in 2009 after being in office less than a year, could do to live up to the honor.

“It was given primarily because of some of the commitments he had made verbally, his speeches and so forth about taking the leadership role and dealing with global warming and dealing with the immigration problem, enhancing human rights, promoting peace in the Middle East,” said Carter, a prizewinner in 2002.
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 886533, member: 1246"] Hey, it’s not like they awarded Obama the Nobel based on a bunch of campaign speeches . . . [I]no, wait?[/I] [INDENT][URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-nobel-peace-carter-no-pix-no-tv-idUSTRE7955P120111006"][COLOR=#990000](Reuters)[/COLOR][/URL] — Barack Obama needs to make good on the promises that won him the Nobel Peace Prize, fellow laureate and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said Thursday. On the eve of this year’s Nobel award, which could honor the Arab Spring protesters who caught Washington off guard by toppling autocratic leaders who were U.S. allies, Carter told Reuters he hoped his fellow Democrat would keep promises on promoting human rights, Middle East peace and other issues. “I hope he’ll fulfill the promises that were made at the time h e got the peace prize,” Carter said in an interview when asked what Obama, who was honored in 2009 after being in office less than a year, could do to live up to the honor. “It was given primarily because of some of the commitments he had made verbally, his speeches and so forth about taking the leadership role and dealing with global warming and dealing with the immigration problem, enhancing human rights, promoting peace in the Middle East,” said Carter, a prizewinner in 2002. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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