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Year One As President Worthy Of B+: Obama

The Nobel Peace Prize winner told Oprah Winfrey that helping to steady the economy and building plans for the withdrawal from Iraq were highlights of his first 11 months in office.

The US President, who took office on January 20, added there was still work to be done.

"B+ because of the things that are undone. Health care is not yet signed," Mr Obama said.

"If I get health care passed, we tip into A-."

Mr Obama said his administration had "inherited the biggest set of challenges of any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt", which they were still working on.

Read entire article at Sky News