{"id":642476,"date":"2013-02-14T21:10:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T02:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=5b863efb1f80af8f97aced206cca715a"},"modified":"2013-02-14T21:10:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T02:10:06","slug":"watch-president-obama-answers-your-questions-in-a-google-hangout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642476","title":{"rendered":"Watch: President Obama Answers Your Questions in a Google+ Hangout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this evening, President Obama <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kp_zigxMS-Y\">sat down with Americans<\/a> from across the country to discuss his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/state-of-the-union-2013\">State of the Union address<\/a> and his plan to create jobs and strengthen the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>During the virtual conversation, the President answered questions about a range of topics, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/issues\/preventing-gun-violence\">steps to reduce gun violence<\/a> to his plan to reward hard work by raising the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=7m17s\">minimum wage<\/a>. The President also addressed some more personal questions from participants on <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=43m45s\">recommended reading<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=43m45s\">Valentine&rsquo;s Day plans<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=43m45s\">baby names<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\" id=\"small-node-embed-image-detail\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/embedded_img_small\/image\/image_file\/p021413ps-1015.jpg\" alt=\"President Obama participates in a Fireside Hangout on Google+\" title=\"President Obama participates in a Fireside Hangout on Google+\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" class=\"imagecache imagecache-embedded_img_small\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p>\n    President Barack Obama participates in a \u201cFireside Hangout\u201d on Google+ with Americans from around the country to discuss his State of the Union Address, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>          February 14, 2013.    <\/p>\n<p>    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=43m45s\">full video of the President&rsquo;s Hangout <\/a>below. And if you have thoughts about the State of the Union, you can share your <a href=\"http:\/\/whitehouse.gov\/sotu\">Citizen Response<\/a> with the White House using a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/state-of-the-union-2013\">new online tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/watch-president-obama-answers-your-questions-google-hangout\" >read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this evening, President Obama sat down with Americans from across the country to discuss his State of the Union address and his plan to create jobs and strengthen the middle class. During the virtual conversation, the President answered questions about a range of topics, from steps to reduce gun violence to his plan to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}