In a presidency full of firsts, Barack Obama racked up another one: first sitting president to tweet from the White House.
Obama strode to a laptop set up in the East Room on Wednesday, splayed his fingers in classic touch-type position and tweeted out a question: "In order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep? BO."
With that, the first Twitter town hall was underway. Obama sat on a high stool, his back to the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, and fielded questions submitted via the trendiest of social media tools.
He didn't make news, but that wasn't really the point. As ever with the tech-obsessed White House staff, the goal was to give an online audience an unfiltered dose of Barack Obama. The questions centered on domestic issues. People sent in nearly 170,000 questions and comments. Obama answered 18 before reviewing the replies to his inaugural tweet.
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