Geir Lundestad

Norwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute
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Trump's Nobel Nonsense - FactCheck.org
President Trump has repeatedly conflated winning a Nobel Peace Prize with being nominated for one, and has wrongly faulted the media for ignoring his nomination after making former President Obama's nomination in 2009 "the biggest story I've ever seen."
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This was Obama's response to winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Former President Barack Obama was taken aback when he found out he was being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize asking "For what?"
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What's behind Trump's Nobel Peace Prize nomination?
For the second time the US president gets a nod for the coveted award - but we won't know if he wins for a year.
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Former Nobel secretary says Obama prize was a mistake
Geir Lundestad, the former secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, says President Obama's 2009 prize was a "mistake" and "disappointment." CBSN's Contessa Brewer has the latest.
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