President Obama is back in the nation's capital after traveling to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace prize.
In his acceptance speech, the president played the balancing game being a war-time president accepting a peace award.
President Obama left Oslo after accepting the Nobel Peace prize.
In his remarks to the gathered dignataries, the Commander-In-Chief tried to reconcile his latest order to send 30 thousand more US troops into Afghanistan with the global prize for peace.
The Nobel committee did not applaud as the president said that sometimes war was morally justified to combat what he called "evil", a word often used by his predecessor George W. Bush. Hundreds of Marines are set to arrive in afghanistan as early as next week.
The president's plan also calls for US forces to start handing over responsibility to Afghan forces in 2011.
American troops are also on track to begin leaving Iraq early next year. President Obama plans to keep them in place until after that country holds elections in March.
His defense secretary, Robert Gates, just wrapped up a trip both war zones. Meeting with hundreds of soldiers and airmen in Iraq, Gates told them their mission is still critical.
A wave of violence cast a shadow over the secretary's visit to Iraq and US plans to withdraw from that country. A string of bombings killed more than 120 people this week. And a group connected to Al-Qaeda is claiming responsibility.
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