Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland (L) hands the diploma and medal to Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama during the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo on December 10, 2009. The president faces a tricky task of reconciling the revered honor with his decision just last week to send 30,000 troops to escalate the war in Afghanistan, a move which tripled the US force there since he took office.
GOSSIPONTHIS.COM VIDEO: President Barack Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize During Press Conference in Norway President Barack Obama and Thorbjoern Jagland (Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee) // Nobel Peace Prize Press Conference in Norway