We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan.

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That earned him both a noble peace prize and a storm of scandal.

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Dear friends, I have seen in my life I earned the right to believe that peace is attainable.

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The President believes that our seniors deserve better and will work with anyone to keep improving the current system to give our seniors the security and peace of mind they have earned.

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Most of all, in contrast to President Obama, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because he wasn't George W. Bush, President Carter actually earned his, at least for the Camp David Accords that brought about peace between Israel and Egypt.

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But she ventured in several directions in search of an inner peace: to holy sites in the Indian Himalayas, to the halls of academia, where she earned a doctorate in education.

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