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President Jimmy Carter to Receive Nobel Peace Prize
Aired December 10, 2002 - 07:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Let's get away to Oslo right now. The former president, Jimmy Carter, about to receive that Nobel Peace Prize, being recognized, according to the Nobel committee, for that decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to so many international conflicts.
Let's dip into Oslo now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And to Jimmy Carter, to come forward to receive the gold medal and the diploma.
HEMMER: His untiring work over the past several decades, Jimmy Carter, the former president, now 78 years of age, still makes his home in the State of Georgia, a man who has worked tirelessly in so many Third World countries, working on election reform and also promoting democracy around the globe, best recognized, also, for his work in Haiti, as well as North Korea.
And if you go back to the late 1970s, that Camp David peace accord that finally bridged a gap of misunderstanding and peace toward Israel and Egypt, a hallmark of his long lasting career.
We will hear portions of his speech throughout the morning here when President Clinton makes his speech. And a bit later today, 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, "CNN Live Today" with Leon Harris, about three hours from now, you'll hear the speech almost in its entirety later today on CNN.
But truly a man who has waited, we can say, decades for this award in the work he has done. Just about every year when the Nobel Peace Prize came out to be announced, Jimmy Carter was on that short list of five or so people around the world who may be a strong candidate. And, indeed, in 2002 he cashed in.
Our congratulations to him for that award in Oslo. More again throughout the morning here on CNN.
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Aired December 10, 2002 - 07:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Let's get away to Oslo right now. The former president, Jimmy Carter, about to receive that Nobel Peace Prize, being recognized, according to the Nobel committee, for that decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to so many international conflicts.
Let's dip into Oslo now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And to Jimmy Carter, to come forward to receive the gold medal and the diploma.
HEMMER: His untiring work over the past several decades, Jimmy Carter, the former president, now 78 years of age, still makes his home in the State of Georgia, a man who has worked tirelessly in so many Third World countries, working on election reform and also promoting democracy around the globe, best recognized, also, for his work in Haiti, as well as North Korea.
And if you go back to the late 1970s, that Camp David peace accord that finally bridged a gap of misunderstanding and peace toward Israel and Egypt, a hallmark of his long lasting career.
We will hear portions of his speech throughout the morning here when President Clinton makes his speech. And a bit later today, 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, "CNN Live Today" with Leon Harris, about three hours from now, you'll hear the speech almost in its entirety later today on CNN.
But truly a man who has waited, we can say, decades for this award in the work he has done. Just about every year when the Nobel Peace Prize came out to be announced, Jimmy Carter was on that short list of five or so people around the world who may be a strong candidate. And, indeed, in 2002 he cashed in.
Our congratulations to him for that award in Oslo. More again throughout the morning here on CNN.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
