Daily World Buzz: YouTube, Obama responds to the Americans "In Egypt, the violence is not the answer"

Friday, January 28, 2011

YouTube, Obama responds to the Americans "In Egypt, the violence is not the answer"

WASHINGTON - From its involvement in Afghanistan in the protests that are shaking the Arab world. And still unemployment, the challenges to be resolved to revive the country without losing sight of the importance of investment in culture, technological innovation and research, the necessary spending cuts.

President Barack Obama YouTube chooses for his first interview after the State of the Union speech, emphasizing once again his special relationship with the Internet, half Prince to reach younger voters. Responds to questions from the audience - they have arrived in recent days and over 40 thousand more than a million video messages - to more serious topics, like the demonstrations in Egypt ("Violence is not the answer," says the president) to the most private: gift to his wife Michelle for Valentine's Day or video watching with her daughters Malia and Sasha.

Obama takes first position on the situation in Egypt, saying it had warned the opposition and the Egyptian authorities that "violence is not the solution to these problems." To President Hosni Mubarak's government "must be careful not to resort to violence" and must do the same "people protesting in the street," even though the right of people to express their opinions can not be challenged .

"I think this is true in the Arab world that it is here in the U.S.," he says, recalling that he urged Mubarak to make progress in reforms, political and economic, "it is absolutely crucial to the long-term welfare of Egypt ". At the top concerns of Americans have work. A soldier in a difficult return from the mission in Afghanistan, the President will ensure that strategies are put in motion to ensure that those returning home have access to a counseling service to help in the transition and finding a job.

It reiterates that the partial withdrawal will begin in July and that progress to reduce the operational capacity of al Qaeda have been significant. The problem of employment includes the young graduates, who are facing heavy debts on leaving the college will not have to commit more than 10 percent of their salary to repay the figures in order to finance their studies, says Obama.

The focus of the Government, ensures everything is on economic growth, create jobs but it will cost. Asked by a user, admits that Obama will inevitably make cuts - already in the State of the Union speech he talked about the freezing of a slice of public spending over the next five years - but not at the expense of education, research and new technologies , strategic areas for growth in the country.

There is also talk of drugs ("I'm for legalization," said the president) and Clean Energy ("Investing more to being left behind") but also dell'Obama private. What you see videos on YouTube that report the look and daughters online sports summaries, and making gifts to his wife, "since taking office, more and more expensive." Does not give any prediction on who will win the Super Bowl, another topic at the forefront of Americans, but reveals something of himself, admitting that among the negative aspects of the job the president is that of being constantly in the "bubble", to be isolated and could not go for a walk or at the bar around the corner.

The thing he likes most about your job? asks another. "Being able to have a tangible positive impact on someone's life." It happens every time, and nothing gives more satisfaction.