The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded President Obama with this year's honor, citing his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" exemplified in his April 5 speech in which he called for a world without nuclear weapons.
He has many opportunities to be a peace advocate today, as his Administration considers:
* the course of the wars in Central Asia and Iraq,
* how diplomacy can resolve tensions with Iran and North Korea through dialogue better than violence,
* a federal budget that devotes too much money to weapons and too little for families struggling to get by in this economic crisis, and
* how to create the nuclear-free future that Obama has strongly articulated.
Today is a golden opportunity to show that a pro-peace majority supports the President's first steps toward peace and will help him take the next steps as well.
Congratulate Barack Obama and share with him your vision of how we can all help wage peace.
We took action on “Congratulate Obama on Nobel Prize, and Share Your Hopes for Peace”!
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12:24 pm PST, Nov 21,Tommie Harris, Texas
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10:26 pm PST, Nov 20,Soo Thacker, Alaska
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6:56 pm PST, Nov 20,Matthew Aarsvold, California
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5:39 pm PST, Nov 20,Steven Pazienza, New York
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3:19 pm PST, Nov 20,Leah Goering, Missouri
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12:46 pm PST, Nov 20,Neal Jeffries, Florida
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11:58 am PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
Dear President Obama, I congratulate you on receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
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7:36 am PST, Nov 20,Stephen Weatherby, Georgia
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7:32 pm PST, Nov 19,Brande Pickerel, Washington
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9:32 am PST, Nov 19,Denise Alvera, Illinois
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4:56 am PST, Nov 19,Robert Kelly, United Kingdom
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4:34 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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4:30 pm PST, Nov 17,Brittany Paniagua-Berlanga, Illinois
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9:56 am PST, Nov 17,CARLOS LOSADA, Spain
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4:22 pm PST, Nov 16,Theresia Cronan, California
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7:13 am PST, Nov 16,Alexey Ivanov, Russian Federation
Dear President Obama,
I congratulate you on receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. It is a great honor, and it demonstrates just how much the international community supports your work in the goal of world peace.
My deepest thanks for the work you've accomplished already, as well as the work you'll continue to do throughout the rest of your time in office. I share your dream for peace.
Congratulations.
Sincerely,
Alexey Ivanov
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6:05 am PST, Nov 16,Philippine Galoisy, France
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6:25 pm PST, Nov 15,Wendy Borgman, Indiana
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9:13 am PST, Nov 15,Diana Urbani, Canada
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7:46 pm PST, Nov 13,Shiloh Fonseca, Indiana
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6:47 pm PST, Nov 13,Phill Jay, Canada
My dream for peace Mr. Obama is that you will create a better tomorrow through your tolerance and perseverance today.
Thank you.
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5:09 pm PST, Nov 13,Peanut White, Canada
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5:07 pm PST, Nov 13,Olimpia Tovar Fuentes, Mexico
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4:02 am PST, Nov 13,Allyson Sites, Indiana
I have so many dreams!
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3:33 am PST, Nov 13,Carlo D'Alessio, Italy
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9:39 am PST, Nov 12,Janlou ALBRESPY, France
No more weapons, no more nuclear's uses (except for medical&International clocks adjustment uses) ...How utopic !?
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6:53 am PST, Nov 12,Name not displayed, France
Dear President OBAMA ,
my congratulations,(soory, in late) ,to the man who give to the world ,the hope to survive in this world vanishing with all crisis.
thank you to share with all of us,the peace in your heart that makes everyone confident to work for the best.
sincerely
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12:21 pm PST, Nov 11,Kathy Saunders, Maryland
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11:35 am PST, Nov 11,Islam Mari, Jordan
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9:58 am PST, Nov 11,Name not displayed, Ohio
Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me. Let this be the moment now. End racism, prejudice, hatred, and intolerance now and reflect on how precious individuality is. Honor a soldier today who fought for our freedom, safety, and right to be individual.
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9:06 am PST, Nov 11,Rachel Mcneil, United Kingdom
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5:37 am PST, Nov 11,Frederick Rocque, Canada
My dream for peace is...that dialogue and tolerance enshrined by great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy and you (President Obama) will help build the foundation for "a legacy for change, a promise for humanity!" (See Obama Smile Touches World's Heart - http://www.chapterandverse.ca/poetry.html)
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8:44 pm PST, Nov 10,Kayla Philbrick, Maine
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7:40 pm PST, Nov 10,John P. Rash, Illinois
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8:37 am PST, Nov 10,Maria Rosa Antenucci, Uruguay
Que la política internacional de the United States of America sea cada vez más abierta a los países pobres del mundo y pueda insidir en aquellos grandes centros de poder económico y sus ansias de expansión intermediando pacíficamente. Muchas gracias
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1:41 pm PST, Nov 9,Sherwood Dunlop, Colorado
I want all of us to live in a world where we can expect to be treated well by others and do the same for them. We must grow beyond the hatred that exists today.
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9:54 am PST, Nov 9,Luz Angela Arevalo melo, Colombia
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9:39 pm PST, Nov 8,Evi Schwarzbaecker-Botica, Australia
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5:47 pm PST, Nov 8,Kelly Bowen, New Zealand
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10:27 am PST, Nov 8,Claudie Richard, France
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10:10 am PST, Nov 8,MICHELLE SHENTON, Michigan
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6:23 am PST, Nov 8,Name not displayed, France
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4:30 pm PST, Nov 7,Ivan Pintaric, Austria
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7:58 am PST, Nov 7,Kristina Byrne, Maryland
I hope we can end the war on terror that has been terrorizing others.
I hope we can adjust our foreign policy to stop monetarily supporting human rights abuses, like those going on in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border and in Uganda, to name a few examples.
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7:33 am PST, Nov 7,Debbie Burnup, Australia
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8:04 pm PST, Nov 6,Lydia Bolmer, North Carolina
People accepting each other the way they are. People helping each other in need.Nobody has to be afraid of violence.
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5:20 pm PST, Nov 6,Lillie Branch-Kennedy, Virginia
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4:13 pm PST, Nov 6,Joanne Lourenso, Florida
Our Children do not have to fight and can have peace and serenity. Our Grandchildren need to have a safe peaceful world as we did in growing up.
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11:54 pm PST, Nov 5,Carola Roy, Germany
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5:44 pm PST, Nov 5,Shawn Nason, New York
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3:06 pm PST, Nov 5,Name not displayed, Serbia And Montenegro
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1:51 pm PST, Nov 5,Tobbi Kyle, Nevada
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12:12 pm PST, Nov 5,Jessica Kuykendall, Alabama
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8:44 pm PST, Nov 4,Amy Lippert, California
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12:51 pm PST, Nov 4,Sheila Lemmens, Netherlands
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12:13 pm PST, Nov 4,Name not displayed, Mexico
que ya no aya maltrato a los animales
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12:11 pm PST, Nov 4,Carmen Daniela Burtea, Romania
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7:28 am PST, Nov 4,Agata Jankowska, Poland
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3:59 am PST, Nov 4,Name not displayed, Ohio
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3:46 am PST, Nov 4,Name not displayed, Romania
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2:56 am PST, Nov 4,Marion Bronnowsky, Germany
For me peace means equal rights in medical help and as well in climate and nature for everyone in the world. Especially in Africa an Asia - means that we have to give them the money to save the nature as well as we have to.
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12:21 am PST, Nov 4,Name not displayed, California
your all drinking too much kool aid! He didnt deserve the nobel peace prize. He hasnt done anything yet! I noticed most of you are foreigners, if you like him so much take him America is done with him.
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12:18 am PST, Nov 4,Sabine Guérin, France
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11:52 pm PST, Nov 3,Margherita Giordano, Italy
I have so many dreams! Seeing Guantanamo closed once for all. Seeing American troops leaving Iraq and Afghanistan forever. Seeing the great bankers giving back to the people all the money they robbed them and earning their lives honestly by cleaning toilets from tomorrow on... and many more...
