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Reaction to Obama's Nobel speech

This is what President Obama said toward the end of his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway:

"Somewhere today, in the here and now, in the world as it is, a soldier sees he's outgunned, but stands firm to keep the peace.

"Somewhere today, in this world, a young protestor awaits the brutality of her government, but has the courage to march on.

"Somewhere today, a mother facing punishing poverty still takes the time to teach her child, scrapes together what few coins she has to send that child to school -- because she believes that a cruel world still has a place for that child's dreams."

We found examples of each one of the people President Obama mentioned and asked them about their reactions to his speech and the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.

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