How Did President Obama's Struggle For Peace

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Barack Obama was born on August 4th, 1961 in Honolulu Hawaii. He moved to United States where he graduated from Harvard Law school. He worked as a community organizer, lawyer, and lecturer at University of Chicago Law School before starting his political career.
Obama’s main cause was to promote peace among nations. He spoke a lot about a just war, and coming to agreed upon decisions without violence between nations. Being the President of the United States, it is easy to get drunk off power, but Obama used his power in a way that helped the World. He knew that he would be able to make a change and he did. By striking the Iran deal he tried to make peace between the nations. The Iran deal offered billions of dollars to the Tehran in exchange to curb Iran’s nuclear program. He had a vision of the world free from nuclear arms, this was meant to ensure that the Iran’s nuclear program will be more peaceful, which is what he thought would be best at the time.
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As the 44th president he created a new climate in international politics. Many people who speak about making peace don’t actually have the power to do something about it. What was so unique about Obama was that he was the president, and had the decision to either make war or peace. Obama captured the world’s attention and has given people hope for a better future. Some people think that Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, because awarding him the prize put pressure on Obama that he wouldn’t be able to achieve what the committee wanted from

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