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<blockquote data-quote="fact check" data-source="post: 616987" data-attributes="member: 24643"><p>The rest of the story that Klein left off:</p><p></p><p>The committee, appointed by the Norwegian parliament, honoured Obama for "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."</p><p></p><p>"The committee was unanimous," its influential secretary Geir Lundestad told AFP on Friday.</p><p></p><p>But Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, who represented the right-wing populist Progress Party on the committee, led the way in objecting to the choice of Obama because she questioned his ability to keep his promises, the newspaper said.</p><p></p><p>It also said the representative of the Conservative Party, Kaci Kullmann Five, and Aagot Valle, the representative of the Socialist Left, had objections.</p><p></p><p>The choice for Obama was however strongly supported by committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland and Sissel Roenbeck, both representatives of the Labour Party.</p><p></p><p>The members of the committee represent their parties but do not sit in Norway's parliament.</p><p></p><p><strong>"Each year, we start with many candidates and many different points of view and agree as the discussions move along. This year was no exception," Lundestad commented Thursday.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The newspaper quotes Ytterhorn and Five as saying they both supported the committee's final decision. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fact check, post: 616987, member: 24643"] The rest of the story that Klein left off: The committee, appointed by the Norwegian parliament, honoured Obama for "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." "The committee was unanimous," its influential secretary Geir Lundestad told AFP on Friday. But Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, who represented the right-wing populist Progress Party on the committee, led the way in objecting to the choice of Obama because she questioned his ability to keep his promises, the newspaper said. It also said the representative of the Conservative Party, Kaci Kullmann Five, and Aagot Valle, the representative of the Socialist Left, had objections. The choice for Obama was however strongly supported by committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland and Sissel Roenbeck, both representatives of the Labour Party. The members of the committee represent their parties but do not sit in Norway's parliament. [b]"Each year, we start with many candidates and many different points of view and agree as the discussions move along. This year was no exception," Lundestad commented Thursday. The newspaper quotes Ytterhorn and Five as saying they both supported the committee's final decision. [/b] [/QUOTE]
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