“What we want to focus on is advanced manufacturing that combines new technology, so research and development to figure out how are we going to create the next Twitter, how are we going to create the next Google, how are we going to create the next big thing — but make sure that production is here. So it’s great that we have an Apple that’s creating iPods, iPads and designing them and creating the software, but it would be nice if we’re also making the iPads and the iPods here in the United States, because that’s some more jobs that people can work at.”

~ President Obama, in more than 140 characters, in response to a question about why the “jobs discussion always centers on manufacturing” amid a thriving tech industry, during the Twitter town hall — a first for a U.S. president — Wednesday