In response to over 1100 tweets about the economy, jobs, education and other national issues, President Barack Obama gave supportive answers to questions about investments in clean energy and infrastructure. This virtual townhall used the popular microblogging and social networking platform Twitter as its main platform, so the President received and replied to questions, coming from all across the nation, in 140 charactar long 'tweets'. A large number of the questions selected by the moderators to put before the President inquired about the budget, and his proposed solutions to tackle the deficit. Responding to specific questions on alternative energy, President Obama said that he was looking "to promote it everywhere". He underscored his Administration’s commitment to clean energy by nothing that they had made “the largest investment in our history through the Recovery Act.” He also noted that they were “going to keep trying on things like smart grid & other infrastructure jobs opportunities where there hasn't been cooperation.” The recorded webcast and conversation from the 'Twitter Townhall' is archived at http://askobama.twitter.com/
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