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POTUS Starts Tweeting
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@POTUS: Barack Obama joins Twitter... finally

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The bear is loose... on Twitter.
So, it's official. After years of signing "-BO" at the end of @BarackObama to signal the tweets he crafted himself from an account operated by the Organizing for Action staff, the President now has his very own handle @POTUS, tweeting for the first time:
"Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. R
Obama joins Twitter under @POTUS handle
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President Obama joined Twitter on Monday, vowing to use his @POTUS account as a vehicle to communicate more directly with the American people.
Unlike other leading White House figures — including Vice President Joseph R. Biden, first lady Michelle Obama and others — the president lacked