He got the prize for what he has done," committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland told The Associated Press. Jagland singled out Obama's efforts to heal the divide between the West and the Muslim world and scale down a Bush-era proposal for an anti-missile shield in Europe."All these things have contributed to - I wouldn't say a safer world - but a world with less tension," he said.
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He got the prize for what he has done," committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland told The Associated Press. Jagland singled out Obama's efforts to heal the divide between the West and the Muslim world and scale down a Bush-era proposal for an anti-missile shield in Europe."All these things have contributed to - I wouldn't say a safer world - but a world with less tension," he said.