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President Obama said Friday that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
The committee said it honored Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Obama said he viewed the decision less as a recognition of his own accomplishments and more as "a call to action."
The decision appeared to catch most observers by surprise. Nominations for the prize had to be postmarked by February 1, only 12 days after Obama took office. The committee sent out its solicitation for nominations last September, two months before Obama was elected president.
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from this CNN article
What exactly did he do in those 12 days to warrant this? I don't remember anything that extraordinary. And if, like he said, it's more of a "call to action", doesn't that mean they're giving him an award now for what he *might* do in the future?
While the President might do something to earn this award while he's in office over the next few years, I just don't see that he's done it yet.