Friday, October 9, 2009

Commentaries, oOinions, And Editorials -- October 9, 2009

President Barack Obama delivered remarks at the Rose Garden of the White House after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Shawn Thew/European Pressphoto Agency

Remarks By The President On Winning The Nobel Prize -- Barack Obama

Rose Garden
Washington, DC

11:16 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning. After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!" And then Sasha added, "Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective.

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COMMENTARIES AND ANALYSIS

Thanks for Not Being Bush -- Michael Hirsh, Newsweek

Sen. Jim Inhofe: Obama received Nobel Peace Prize for "de-emphasizing defense" -- Chris Castell, News OK

What did Obama do to win the Nobel Peace Prize? -- Gideon Rachman, Financial Time

Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize -- Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Obama's Nobel Farce -- Peter Beinart, Daily Beast

Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize simply because he's not George Bush -- Mary Ellen Synon, Daily Mail

Absurd Decision Mocks Nobel Prize -- Michael Binyon, The Times

No Substitute for Boots on the Ground -- Vincent J. Heintz, Wall Street Journal

The Missing Debate on Afghanistan -- Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

A To-Do List for Afghanistan -- Turki al-Faisal, Washington Post

Why America Must Stay the Course in Afghanistan -- Z. Tanin, NY Times

Blood Brothers No More? (Medvedev And Putin) -- Ariel Cohen, Int'l Herald Tribune

Pakistan Warns India to Back Off
-- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

Cracks in the Global Economy -- Philip Bowring, Asia Sentinel

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