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"The White House now has its own Google+ page and you can check it out here. The page was opened this morning, just under an hour ago and currently has been added to 1300 circles.\r\n\r\nThe page is opened up with a statement from the administration that explains what it will be posting on the site. This includes behind-the-scenes photos and videos, as well as Google Hangouts with staff. These will be posted on the page as well as broadcast on the White House YouTube channel and at WhiteHouse.gov.\r\nWelcome to the White House on Google+! Here you\u2019ll find news from the blog, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, plus chances to engage with administration officials. One feature we\u2019re really excited about are Hangouts. On our Google+ page, we\u2019ll host regular White House Hangouts with administration officials on topics ranging from the economy to technology. Some Google+ users will be invited to join the Hangout with the White House and have a conversation with policy experts. But the best part is that even if you\u2019re not \u201Cin\u201D the Hangout, you can watch the whole thing live on WhiteHouse.gov, on our Google+ page or on the White House YouTube channel.\r\nThe post also asks the readers of the page to leave a post with what they would like to see from the page in terms of content and the people that they would like to see in Hangouts. It has also used a clever Google+ gallery trick (which we've seen before) to present Congress in session to the right of its logo.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe US is following in the footsteps of other political leaders like UK\u00A0Prime Minister and Conservative party leader\u00A0David Cameron, Liberal Democrats leader and deputy Prime Minister\u00A0Nick Clegg\u00A0and Labour party leader\u00A0Ed Milliband\u00A0who signed up for the service last September.\r\n\r\nYesterday, Google's Larry Page announced that the service had some 90 million global users, with a '60% engagement rate'.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is a developing story, please refresh for the latest\u00A0information."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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