Nobel Prize a Mixed Blessing for Obama

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The Los Angeles Times reports:

The gold medallion given to recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize doesn't come with a ribbon, but the award could still end up being a weight around President Obama's neck.

Intended to honor Obama for altering the nation's diplomatic direction, the award is likely to call attention to how much of the administration's agenda -- including closing Guantanamo Bay and winding down the war in Iraq -- remains undone, and to the problematic nature of the American presence in Afghanistan.

The prize also poses political risks for a president routinely depicted by Republicans as more focused on seeking international approval than on defending the security interests of the United States.

Nobel Peace prize may weigh heavily on Obama [Los Angeles Times]

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