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Calculated Shard: 143 (from laksa050)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa143.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/president-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize\/","crawl_time":1776131622,"first_indexed_time":1503644059,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,cbsnews!www,\/news\/president-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize\/ s443","src_root_hash":"10008871826360721943","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize - CBS News","meta_descriptions":["Nobel Committee Shocks World by Awarding Obama's \"Extraordinary\" Diplomacy Less than 1 Year into 1st Term"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"October 9, 2009 \/ 5:08 AM EDT\n\/ CBS\/AP\nAdd CBS News on Google\nUpdated at 11:15 a.m. Eastern\n.\nPresident Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for \"his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,\" the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.\nThe committee said Mr. Obama's efforts to promote a \"global response to global challenges\" cemented their decision.\nCBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer\nreports that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs emailed a one-word reaction to the news Friday morning: \"Wow.\"\nThe White House was clearly just as shocked by the announcment as the reporters gathered in Oslo, reports\nMaer\n.\nIt was Gibbs who eventually told Mr. Obama he had won the prestigious Prize - about 45 minutes after the announcement at 6 a.m. EDT, reports\nCBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante\n.\nThe committee praised Mr. Obama's effort to create a \"new international climate\" of diplomacy.\nObama 'Humbled' by Nobel Prize\nPolitics of Obama's Nobel Win\nUnplugged: Translating Obama's Nobel Win\nNobel Peace Prize Photos\nObama: Nobel Prize a \"Call To Action\"\nAnalysis: Nobel Peace Prize Doesn't Help Obama\nObama's Next \"Most Important Speech\"\nObama's Nobel Win: A \"Mission Accomplished\" Moment?\nNobel Peace Prize Shocks Bloggers: \"This is Insane\"\nDNC: Republicans Siding With Terrorists on Nobel Prize\nNobel Prize: Placing a Wager on Peace\nNobel Notables\nWhat's Your Opinion?\nCBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller\nreports that Mr. Obama is only the third U.S. President to win the Nobel Peace Prize while still in office. Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.\nFormer President Jimmy Carter also won the prize in 2002, adds\nKnoller\n, but that was more than two decades after he left office.\nDefending their surprising decision, the committee chairman said they sought not just to reward the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but to \"enhance\" the recipient's actions - to promote peace.\n\"We do hope that this can contribute a little bit to enhance what he is trying to do.\"\n\"It is a clear statement to the world that we want to advocate and promote,\" the efforts undertaken by Mr. Obama.\n\"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future,\" Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. \"In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations.\"\nHe added that the committee endorsed \"Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.\"'\nMr. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.\n\"The Prize has to be seen as a political statement by the Nobel committee - meant to hail the change in U.S. policy represented by President Obama's approach to foreign policy as opposed to that of his predecessor George W. Bush,\" says\nKnoller\n, who notes that Mr. Obama took office less than 10 days before the Feb. 1 deadline for Nobel Prize nominations.\n\"This is a Prize meant as an expression of hope that President Obama's speeches and policy statements will translate into actual accomplishments,\" adds\nKnoller\n. \"The Prize is honoring an expression of aspirations for peace, rather the achievement of it.\"\nThat decision by the Nobel Committee, however, is a caluclated risk. Knoller says the members may be discredited for awarding the Prize for aspirations, rather than accomplishments.\n\"I don't think anybody expected this,\"\nCBS News chief Washington correspondent and \"Face the Nation\" host Bob Schieffer\nsaid on Friday's\n\"Early Show\"\n. In his mind, the prize decision was more of a commentary on the previous administration than the current U.S. President.\n\"It's almost as if they're saying, 'We're giving you this prize for winning the election,'\" said Schieffer.\nThe committee said it attached special importance to Mr. Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.\n\"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.\"\nIn his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go \"to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses.\"\nUnlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death.\nThe committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.","attrs_markdown":"- [Latest](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/president-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize\/)\n  - [U.S.](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/us\/)\n  - [Iran War](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-us-iran-ports-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-trump\/)\n  - [Trump-Pope Feud](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-pope-leo-feud-politics\/)\n  - [World](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/world\/)\n  - [Politics](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/politics\/)\n  - [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/entertainment\/)\n  - [HealthWatch](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/healthwatch\/)\n  - [MoneyWatch](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/moneywatch\/)\n  - [Crime](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/crime\/)\n  - [Space](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/space\/)\n  - 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about 45 minutes after the announcement at 6 a.m. EDT, reports **CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante**.\n\nThe committee praised Mr. Obama's effort to create a \"new international climate\" of diplomacy.\n\n[**Obama 'Humbled' by Nobel Prize**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=5374322n&tag=related;photovideo)  \n [**Politics of Obama's Nobel Win**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=5374325n)  \n [**Unplugged: Translating Obama's Nobel Win**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=5374630n&tag=contentBody;housing)  \n [**Nobel Peace Prize Photos**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/elements\/2004\/10\/04\/in_depth_world\/photoessay647263.shtml)  \n [**Obama: Nobel Prize a \"Call To Action\"**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2009\/10\/09\/politics\/main5374237.shtml?tag=stack)  \n [**Analysis: Nobel Peace Prize Doesn't Help Obama**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/10\/09\/politics\/politicalhotsheet\/entry5373970.shtml?tag=exclsv)  \n [**Obama's Next \"Most Important Speech\"**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/10\/09\/politics\/politicalhotsheet\/entry5374503.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody)  \n [**Obama's Nobel Win: A \"Mission Accomplished\" Moment?**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/10\/09\/politics\/politicalhotsheet\/entry5374515.shtml) [**Nobel Peace Prize Shocks Bloggers: \"This is Insane\"**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/10\/09\/politics\/politicalhotsheet\/entry5374313.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel)  \n [**DNC: Republicans Siding With Terrorists on Nobel Prize**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/10\/09\/politics\/politicalhotsheet\/entry5374315.shtml)  \n [**Nobel Prize: Placing a Wager on Peace**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2009\/10\/09\/opinion\/diplomatic\/main5374528.shtml)  \n [**Nobel Notables**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2009\/10\/09\/in_depth_world\/main5374327.shtml)  \n [**What's Your Opinion?**](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/10\/09\/politics\/politicalhotsheet\/entry5374127.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody)\n\n**CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller** reports that Mr. Obama is only the third U.S. President to win the Nobel Peace Prize while still in office. Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919.\n\nFormer President Jimmy Carter also won the prize in 2002, adds **Knoller**, but that was more than two decades after he left office.\n\nDefending their surprising decision, the committee chairman said they sought not just to reward the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but to \"enhance\" the recipient's actions - to promote peace.\n\n\"We do hope that this can contribute a little bit to enhance what he is trying to do.\"\n\n\"It is a clear statement to the world that we want to advocate and promote,\" the efforts undertaken by Mr. Obama.\n\n\"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future,\" Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. \"In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations.\"\n\nHe added that the committee endorsed \"Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.\"'\n\nMr. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.\n\n\"The Prize has to be seen as a political statement by the Nobel committee - meant to hail the change in U.S. policy represented by President Obama's approach to foreign policy as opposed to that of his predecessor George W. Bush,\" says **Knoller**, who notes that Mr. Obama took office less than 10 days before the Feb. 1 deadline for Nobel Prize nominations.\n\n\"This is a Prize meant as an expression of hope that President Obama's speeches and policy statements will translate into actual accomplishments,\" adds **Knoller**. \"The Prize is honoring an expression of aspirations for peace, rather the achievement of it.\"\n\nThat decision by the Nobel Committee, however, is a caluclated risk. Knoller says the members may be discredited for awarding the Prize for aspirations, rather than accomplishments.\n\n\"I don't think anybody expected this,\" **CBS News chief Washington correspondent and \"Face the Nation\" host Bob Schieffer** said on Friday's **\"Early Show\"**. In his mind, the prize decision was more of a commentary on the previous administration than the current U.S. President.\n\n\"It's almost as if they're saying, 'We're giving you this prize for winning the election,'\" said Schieffer.\n\nThe committee said it attached special importance to Mr. Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.\n\n\"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.\"\n\nIn his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go \"to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses.\"\n\nUnlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death.\n\nThe committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.\n\n© 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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October 9, 2009 / 5:08 AM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Updated at 11:15 a.m. Eastern . President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The committee said Mr. Obama's efforts to promote a "global response to global challenges" cemented their decision. CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer reports that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs emailed a one-word reaction to the news Friday morning: "Wow." The White House was clearly just as shocked by the announcment as the reporters gathered in Oslo, reports Maer . It was Gibbs who eventually told Mr. Obama he had won the prestigious Prize - about 45 minutes after the announcement at 6 a.m. EDT, reports CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante . The committee praised Mr. Obama's effort to create a "new international climate" of diplomacy. Obama 'Humbled' by Nobel Prize Politics of Obama's Nobel Win Unplugged: Translating Obama's Nobel Win Nobel Peace Prize Photos Obama: Nobel Prize a "Call To Action" Analysis: Nobel Peace Prize Doesn't Help Obama Obama's Next "Most Important Speech" Obama's Nobel Win: A "Mission Accomplished" Moment? Nobel Peace Prize Shocks Bloggers: "This is Insane" DNC: Republicans Siding With Terrorists on Nobel Prize Nobel Prize: Placing a Wager on Peace Nobel Notables What's Your Opinion? CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller reports that Mr. Obama is only the third U.S. President to win the Nobel Peace Prize while still in office. Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter also won the prize in 2002, adds Knoller , but that was more than two decades after he left office. Defending their surprising decision, the committee chairman said they sought not just to reward the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but to "enhance" the recipient's actions - to promote peace. "We do hope that this can contribute a little bit to enhance what he is trying to do." "It is a clear statement to the world that we want to advocate and promote," the efforts undertaken by Mr. Obama. "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. "In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations." He added that the committee endorsed "Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."' Mr. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president. "The Prize has to be seen as a political statement by the Nobel committee - meant to hail the change in U.S. policy represented by President Obama's approach to foreign policy as opposed to that of his predecessor George W. Bush," says Knoller , who notes that Mr. Obama took office less than 10 days before the Feb. 1 deadline for Nobel Prize nominations. "This is a Prize meant as an expression of hope that President Obama's speeches and policy statements will translate into actual accomplishments," adds Knoller . "The Prize is honoring an expression of aspirations for peace, rather the achievement of it." That decision by the Nobel Committee, however, is a caluclated risk. Knoller says the members may be discredited for awarding the Prize for aspirations, rather than accomplishments. "I don't think anybody expected this," CBS News chief Washington correspondent and "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer said on Friday's "Early Show" . In his mind, the prize decision was more of a commentary on the previous administration than the current U.S. President. "It's almost as if they're saying, 'We're giving you this prize for winning the election,'" said Schieffer. The committee said it attached special importance to Mr. Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. "Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play." In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses." Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death. The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.

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President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The committee said Mr. Obama's efforts to promote a "global response to global challenges" cemented their decision. **CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer** reports that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs emailed a one-word reaction to the news Friday morning: "Wow." The White House was clearly just as shocked by the announcment as the reporters gathered in Oslo, reports **Maer**. It was Gibbs who eventually told Mr. Obama he had won the prestigious Prize - about 45 minutes after the announcement at 6 a.m. EDT, reports **CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante**. The committee praised Mr. Obama's effort to create a "new international climate" of diplomacy. 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Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter also won the prize in 2002, adds **Knoller**, but that was more than two decades after he left office. Defending their surprising decision, the committee chairman said they sought not just to reward the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but to "enhance" the recipient's actions - to promote peace. "We do hope that this can contribute a little bit to enhance what he is trying to do." "It is a clear statement to the world that we want to advocate and promote," the efforts undertaken by Mr. Obama. "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. "In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations." He added that the committee endorsed "Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."' Mr. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president. "The Prize has to be seen as a political statement by the Nobel committee - meant to hail the change in U.S. policy represented by President Obama's approach to foreign policy as opposed to that of his predecessor George W. Bush," says **Knoller**, who notes that Mr. Obama took office less than 10 days before the Feb. 1 deadline for Nobel Prize nominations. "This is a Prize meant as an expression of hope that President Obama's speeches and policy statements will translate into actual accomplishments," adds **Knoller**. "The Prize is honoring an expression of aspirations for peace, rather the achievement of it." That decision by the Nobel Committee, however, is a caluclated risk. Knoller says the members may be discredited for awarding the Prize for aspirations, rather than accomplishments. "I don't think anybody expected this," **CBS News chief Washington correspondent and "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer** said on Friday's **"Early Show"**. In his mind, the prize decision was more of a commentary on the previous administration than the current U.S. President. "It's almost as if they're saying, 'We're giving you this prize for winning the election,'" said Schieffer. The committee said it attached special importance to Mr. Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. "Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play." In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses." Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death. The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change. © 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. 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October 9, 2009 / 5:08 AM EDT / CBS/AP [Add CBS News on Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=cbsnews.com) *Updated at 11:15 a.m. Eastern*. President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The committee said Mr. Obama's efforts to promote a "global response to global challenges" cemented their decision. **CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer** reports that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs emailed a one-word reaction to the news Friday morning: "Wow." The White House was clearly just as shocked by the announcment as the reporters gathered in Oslo, reports **Maer**. It was Gibbs who eventually told Mr. Obama he had won the prestigious Prize - about 45 minutes after the announcement at 6 a.m. EDT, reports **CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante**. The committee praised Mr. Obama's effort to create a "new international climate" of diplomacy. 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Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter also won the prize in 2002, adds **Knoller**, but that was more than two decades after he left office. Defending their surprising decision, the committee chairman said they sought not just to reward the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but to "enhance" the recipient's actions - to promote peace. "We do hope that this can contribute a little bit to enhance what he is trying to do." "It is a clear statement to the world that we want to advocate and promote," the efforts undertaken by Mr. Obama. "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. "In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations." He added that the committee endorsed "Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."' Mr. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president. "The Prize has to be seen as a political statement by the Nobel committee - meant to hail the change in U.S. policy represented by President Obama's approach to foreign policy as opposed to that of his predecessor George W. Bush," says **Knoller**, who notes that Mr. Obama took office less than 10 days before the Feb. 1 deadline for Nobel Prize nominations. "This is a Prize meant as an expression of hope that President Obama's speeches and policy statements will translate into actual accomplishments," adds **Knoller**. "The Prize is honoring an expression of aspirations for peace, rather the achievement of it." That decision by the Nobel Committee, however, is a caluclated risk. Knoller says the members may be discredited for awarding the Prize for aspirations, rather than accomplishments. "I don't think anybody expected this," **CBS News chief Washington correspondent and "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer** said on Friday's **"Early Show"**. In his mind, the prize decision was more of a commentary on the previous administration than the current U.S. President. "It's almost as if they're saying, 'We're giving you this prize for winning the election,'" said Schieffer. The committee said it attached special importance to Mr. Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. "Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play." In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses." Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death. The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.

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