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Obama referred to himself as "the first president to live tweet." He then took to a nearby computer to tweet the following: "in order to reduce the deficit, what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep - bo."
While Obama's Twitter account has been active for several years, the president first sent a "real tweet" on behalf of the American Red Cross Twitter account in January 2010. In June of this year, the office of the President announced that Obama would begin to pen his own tweets with the -BO Twitter signature and do so regularly.
Today’s Twitter Town Hall is only the latest example of the president’s interest in social media. In May, the president named Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to his National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
