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Photo of the Day: Red Cross employee Eric Porterfield guides President Obama through the tweeting of his first official tweet:

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited American Red Cross workers on Monday, January 18, 2010 in the disaster operations center at Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C. Red Cross employee Eric Porterfield invites President Barack Obama to “tweet” a message via the @redcross Twitter account announcing his visit. After hitting send, he remarked that this was the first “tweet” he’s sent personally.

[techpresident.]

ERIC! You are my hero! @Eric Porterfield