Obama launches 'YouTube diplomacy'

In recording a video message to the Iranian people marking the Iranian New Year Nowruz and distributing it online, US President Barack Obama seized one of the Web tools he used so effectively during his presidential campaign. The AFP reports.

The 3min 35sec video entitled "A New Year, A New Beginning" was posted on the White House website at whitehouse.gov/Nowruz/ with captions in Farsi and also on the White House YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/whitehouse.

It had rung up nearly 150,000 views on YouTube some 18 hours after its release and generated a stream of more than 1,300 mostly favorable comments.

emily | 10:15 AM | Political Videos |
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