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PICTURES: Town Hall 2.0: Obama Takes to the Web to Answer Questions

By Ethan Klapper

Updated: May 29, 2013 | 7:48 p.m.
July 5, 2011 | 12:15 p.m.

President Barack Obama speaks during an “open for questions” town hall meeting on the economy March 26, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama answered questions on the economy submitted by people across the country via the internet. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) (PHOTO: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

President Obama will host the White House's first-ever Twitter town hall on Wednesday. But it is not the first time that Obama has hosted a new media-centric town hall. Here's a look at previous some of his previous town halls that had a new-media focus:

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