Along with the medal and the speech and the fancy dinner comes $1.4 million from the estate of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, which isn’t always a weapon of destruction.
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Today, the White House announced what charities will get Obama’s prize money. Here they are:
“These organizations do extraordinary work in the United States and abroad helping students, veterans and countless others in need,” President Obama said. “I’m proud to support their work.”
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