President Obama Tweets from the White House

July 06, 2011 | 1:35 | Public Domain

President Obama kicks off the Twitter Town Hall with a Tweet asking the American people for their ideas on reducing the deficit.

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Today, President Obama participated in the first ever Twitter Town Hall at the White House, answering questions from Americans across the country submitted on Twitter using the #AskObama hashtag.

The President kicked off the event with a tweet asking the American public for their ideas on reducing the deficit.

@WhiteHouse in order to reduce the deficit, what costs could you cut and what investments would you keep -bo

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