Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday with a muscular speech defending the US-led offensive in Afghanistan while admitting his accomplishments were "slight" compared with the "giants" who had won the award in the past. Andrew Ward reports for the Financial Times.
The US president insisted that "the instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace" as he sought to reconcile the prize with his decision two weeks ago to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
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