Monday, April 06, 2009

A discussion in Turkey on Tuesday

The live video will be posted early Tuesday to those who want to watch it live.

White House website:

Tomorrow the President will engage in a unique discussion in Turkey. A hundred university students will be there from both Turkey and from exchange programs, representing one of the most diverse cultural audiences one could find in any one place in the world, and representing a wide range of attitudes and experiences with the United States. The President’s visit to Turkey also fulfills his pledge to visit a majority-Muslim country early in his term, and the forum represents an attempt to make the most of it in terms of direct communication.

We at the White House have been excited about this, and have tried to do our part to spread the word about it, especially abroad. The event will be
streamed live here at WhiteHouse.gov at 12:20 PM in the local Eastern European Summer Time and 5:20 AM back here on the East Coast – don’t worry, we will get the transcript and video up afterwards for those not awake quite that early. In particular, we have also reached out to social networks popular in the region, including Yonja.com, to ensure the word of the event gets out as far and wide as possible.

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