In October 2009 , President Barack Obama received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize , an event widely reported as " surprising " to even the President and his advisers . Conservatives and others in the media ridiculed the selection process and the President . Criticisms ranged from claims that Obama was undeserving , to the fact that he had been nominated only twelve days after his inauguration , to claims that the Nobel Peace Prize is anti-American . In an October 9 , 2009 public statement , RNC Chairman Michael Steele issued a public statement which rhetorically asked what Obama achievement the Nobel Prize recognized
2009 Nobel Peace Prize
2009 Nobel Peace Prize
Brad Woodhouse