Obama is "humbled" by winning Nobel Peace Prize · 2009-10-09 19:03
Press secretary Robert Gibbs awoke US President Obama with a phone call just before 6 a.m. to tell him he had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Obama is "humbled" by the honor, the White House said in a brief statement.
It seems like no one expected this. There were audible gasps in the room when the Nobel committee announced the decision early this morning.
Obama and aides lost their Olympic bid for Chicago just a week ago, but now that seems far away, USA Today reports.
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