Barack Obama was only nine months into his first term when it was announced in October 2009 that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. The decision sparked mixed reactions from both sides of the political aisle, with even Obama himself appearing dubious as he addressed “the considerable controversy...
World leaders have paid tribute to former US PresidentJimmy Carterfollowing his death on Sunday at age 100, with PresidentMichael D Higginsdescribing the Nobel Peace Prize winner as “principled man” dedicated to advancing peace around the world. ...
he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. The muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell said: “Here at last we have a president whose real interest in life centers around the common man, and on whom we can count to serve that man so far as ...
Mandela served a single presidential term, but for his efforts in anti-apartheid and the reconstruction of South Africa, he is remembered as the “father of the nation”. He received more than 250 honors including the coveted Nobel Peace Prize. He died on December 5th, 2013 after suffering ...
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the White House at the time, he would meet with ostracized autocrats such as Syria’s Hafez Assad and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega. When Carter earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, the award committee openly characterized it as a rebuke of President George W. Bush for planning to invade ...
(only New York has provided more VPs). Another impediment was the office itself, which seemed to diminish even its eminent occupants. Charles Dawes won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping reconstruct Europe after World War I—only to wither as VP to do-nothing Calvin Coolidge. Dawes’ successor,...
Roosevelt was also the first President to win a Nobel Peace Prize “Teddy Bears” were so named when Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (1858-1919) refused to shoot a small bear cub one day. The incident was reported in the news, which inspired a toy manufacture to come out with the cute stuf...
However, Carter has had an unusually active post-presidential career, during which he has promoted peace efforts and diplomacy around the world. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy...