Obama holds online meeting with ordinary citizens

Source: Xinhua | 03-27-2009 09:16

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday held an interactive online meeting with ordinary citizens across the country, the first such kind of meeting in the history of the White House.

U.S. President Barack Obama attends white house open for  questions event at white house in Washinton, on March 16,  2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan)

Standing in front of a TV screen and joined by an audience in the East Room of the White House, the president replied to six online questions on education, the mortgage crisis, job outsourcing, national service, assistance for veterans and health care.

Four of the six virtual questions were displayed on the screen in a written format; the other two were video submissions.