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Jimmy Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize

NPR
Published October 11, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

Former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian committee praised Carter for his "untiring" quest to find peaceful solutions to conflicts around the world. Carter is the first American official to win the peace prize since Henry Kissinger was a joint winner in 1973.

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