Ask Obama Questions (And See His Answers) on YouTube

This Wednesday, at 9 p.m. EST, U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech; you can follow it via White House’s live webstream, as well as the iPhone app.

It’s wonderful to see that today social media plays such an important part in the way we receive news. But perhaps even more important is the followup to Obama’s speech, as viewers will be able to submit questions (and vote on other users’ questions) over at youtube.com/CitizenTube. Next week Obama will answer some of those questions in a special online event delivered live from the White House. From the YouTube blog:

“This year’s State of the Union speech will also make history. It will be the first time that citizens will have the opportunity to ask follow-up questions during the speech — and to hear the president’s response to those questions.”

Currently, the exact timing of the followup event is unknown, but we’ll let you know as soon as it’s officially announced.