Facebook Hosts Presidential Town Hall

Posted by Shirley Brady on April 20, 2011 06:45 PM

President Obama jokingly introduced himself at yesterday's historic Facebook/White House town hall as "I'm Barack Obama, and I'm the guy who got Mark (Zuckerberg) to wear a jacket and tie. I'm very proud of that."

The hour-long Q&A, a bid to engage youth and social media users as Obama lays the groundwork for his 2012 re-election campaign, was moderated by Zuckerberg and introduced by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg at FB HQ in Palo Alto, California.

Here's how the President promoted the Q&A, which took questions from Facebook employees and users alike and featured a raft of politicians:

and how the event kicked off:

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