1 Nobel Peace Prize

In 2009, Obama was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” with additional emphasis on “Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.” This award garnered controversy, which Obama noted in his acceptance speech. He acknowledged that at the time, he was “at the beginning, and not the end of my labors on the world stage” and the “commander in chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars.”