PETER BEINART, SENIOR FELLOW, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: Well, because I think the one thing the Nobel Peace Prize really offers is publicity. The real value of this award is to shine a light on some very dark corner of the world and some person struggling in the shadows, in a brutal situation, a place like the Congo or North Korea. That's when -- when they gave it to Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma or then gave it to Desmond Tutu in South Africa in the '80s, for me, that's the right kind of use of the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama doesn't need any publicity. ... Original Transcript

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