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Ask Your Questions On Extending Middle-Class Tax Cuts

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Ask Your Questions On Extending Middle-Class Tax Cuts

Yesterday, President Obama asked you to share what the middle-class tax cuts mean for you and your family - and tens of thousands of you responded. At 1:00 p.m. EST today, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese is taking to Twitter to answer your questions about a balanced approach to reducing the deficit and protecting the middle class.

Here are the details:

Ask your questions now and during the live event on Twitter with the hashtag #WHChat
Follow the Q&A live through the @WHLive Twitter account
If you miss the live session, the full session will be posted on WhiteHouse.gov and Storify.com/WhiteHouse

Find out more about this special session of Office Hours on the middle-class tax cuts.

Photo of the Day

First Lady Michelle Obama talks with members of the press in the State Dining Room of the White House during the 2012 holiday decorations press preview, Nov. 28, 2012. Mrs. Obama welcomed military families to the White House to view the decorations and joined military children in the State Dining Room to work on holiday crafts and treats. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

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Today's Schedule

All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).

10:25 AM: The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing

10:45 AM: The President meets with senior advisors

12:15 PM: The President meets with the 2012 American Nobel Prize winners

12:30 PM: The President and Governor Romney meet for lunch

12:45 PM: Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney