"Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning," Obama said. "After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, 'Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!' And then Sasha added, 'Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up.' So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective."
Whether or not you're a fan of the President, and no matter if you are a Democrat, Republican or something in between, you have to admit that the man has some pretty heady company on the list of Nobel winners -- which has included luminaries such as Nelson Mandela, The Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King, Jr.
According to the prize's creator, Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the Peace Prize was to be awarded annually to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize has already created some serious buzz. But regardless of which side of the debate you fall, we have a question: How will you explain to your kids what you think of the President receiving this award... and why so many people don't quite feel the same way as you do?
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