We will support the Millennium Development Goals, and approach next year's
summit with a global plan to make them a reality. And we will set our sights on
the eradication of extreme poverty in our time. Obama
speech at the UN 9/23/2009.
In 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama
for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
The Committee has attached special importance to
Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
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In its Press Release October 9 announcing
the 2009 Nobel Prize winner, the Nobel prize committee said "The
Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and
work for a world without nuclear weapons."
In his brief time in the
Senate, Obama sponsored a bill designed to cause the United States to
make a cooperative global effort to reduce nuclear threats in the
world. That 2007 effort needs to be recognized as an early step toward
recognition with the Peace Prize.
110th Congress S.1977 Title: A bill to provide for sustained United States leadership
in a cooperative global effort to prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce
global nuclear arsenals, stop the spread of nuclear weapons and
related material and technology, and support the responsible and
peaceful use of nuclear technology. Sponsor:
Sen Obama, Barack
[IL] (
introduced 8/2/2007
)
Cosponsors (4) Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.2566
Title: A bill to provide for coordination of proliferation
interdiction activities and conventional arms disarmament, and for
other purposes. Sponsor:
Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 4/6/2006)
Cosponsors (26)
Lugar-Obama
Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and
Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006, S.2566. Obama was the only
Cosponsor on 4/6/2006 when the bill was introduced into the Senate.
The term "Lugar-Obama" is in the Senate record. The Lugar-Obama bill
was included in the Department of State Authorities Act of 2006,
Public Law No: 109-472, and was signed by President Bush in January
2007. This
bill/Law was aimed at conventional arms threat reduction.
In 2006 and 2007, Senator Obama had a vision of cooperation in the
world to reduce nuclear and conventional weapon threats. That needs to
be acknowledged - and was October 9 with the Peace Prize.
IV.
From: kikubot@gmail.com
To: CitizenStrategyThinkTank@groups.barackobama.com
Sent: 10/9/2009 11:47:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: [CitizenStrategyThinkTank] 30 things that Obama has done
It's not a complete list, but here's a list of some of things Obama
has accomplished. Please rec the diary:
3/18/8 - Obama caught world-wide attention for his moving speech
on race relations
7/24/8 - Obama lays the foundation for a new era of international
relations and began inspiring renewed hope in American leadership
during his campaign speech in Berlin
11/6/8 - Obama's victory was hailed as a promise of hope for the
world
12/1/8 - Obama began plans to restore
U.N. ambassador to cabinet rank
1/22/9 - Appointed a Special Envoy for Middle East peace
4/2/9 - Led global response to the economic crisis through the
G20, obtaining commitments of $1.1 trillion to safeguard the world's
most vulnerable economies
4/4/9 - Renewed dialog with NATO and other key allies
4/5/9 - Announced new strategy to responsible address
international nuclear proliferation
4/13/9 - Began easing tension with Cuba through new policy stance
4/17/9 - Secured $5 billion in aid commitments "to bolster
[Pakistan's] economy and help it fight terror and Islamic radicalism"
4/22/9 - Developed the renewable energy projects on the waters of
our Outer Continental Shelf that produce electricity from wind, wave,
and ocean currents
5/8/9 - Proposed International Affaires budget that included funds
to create a civilian response corps -- teams of civilian experts in
rule of law, policing, transitional governance, economics,
engineering, and other areas critical to helping rebuild war-torn
societies; Provide $40 million for a "stabilization bridge fund,"
which would provide rapid response funds for the State Department to
help stabilize a crisis situation
6/4/9 - Gave historic address to the
Muslim World in Cairo - "American is not at war with Islam" Foreign
affairs experts insist that Obama's engagement with the Muslim world
has been remarkable. "He has been able to dramatically change
America's image in that region"
a title="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/nkorea.clinton/index.html" href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/nkorea.clinton/index.html">
8/4/9 - Used DIPLOMACY to free 2 American journalists from a North
Korea prison
a title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32889934/ns/politics-white_house" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32889934/ns/politics-white_house">
9/18/9 - De-escalation of nuclear
tension through repurposing of missile defense prompting Russia to
withdraw its missile plan
Obama
graduated magna cum laude and was elected president of
the Harvard Law Review. Since both Obama and Biden taught
Constitutional Law, they should restore habeas corpus, defend the
Bill of
Rights, stop torture and renditions. We can hope they will reject
empire and
the imperial Presidency.
Obama was against the War in
Iraq from the beginning, opposed
the provocative BMD program. He favors diplomacy over
war. He will address the
climate crisis, most likely McCain
would not.
Electing Obama, will not only demonstrate that we have overcome racism, but
should assure that we remake our own country, not the
Middle East.