Here's How the President Sends His Tweets [VIDEO]

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Alex Fitzpatrick
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Here's How the President Sends His Tweets [VIDEO]

Ever wonder how the President of the United States uses Twitter? You can find out in the video above, shot during a Twitter Q&A that President Obama held after a campaign rally in Newton, Iowa earlier this year.

"I'm the master tweeter," exclaimed the President after typing the following tweet composed of exactly 140 characters -- even though a shorter tweet is easier for others to retweet and is therefore considered preferable. His team celebrated the 140-character tweet as a "twoosh."

.@jwarner180 bio fuels, wind , solarall getting cheaper each year & oil getting more expensive. Why we need all-of-the-above strategy. -bo— The White House (@whitehouse) May 24, 2012

The tweets were sent from the official White House account -- which just hit 3 million followers -- and not any of the Obama campaign's accounts. Obama used the Twitter town hall to answer questions on energy and other topics from a MacBook Pro.

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