As 2012 has now drawn to a close, the White House has compiled some of our top tweets of the year. This year, the  @WhiteHouse  twitter account surpassed  three million followers , and Twitter has become an increasingly important tool for the White House to engage with citizens and provide updates from the Obama Administration. From live-tweeting the State of the Union address in January to President Obama's twitter Q&A on #My2k in December, 2012 was a year filled with nearly 3,000 tweets, more than 50 sessions of White House Office Hours and tweetups that invite our followers on twitter to attend in-person events. Take a look at our top tweets below, or on Storify , and be sure to follow the White House on Twitter for news and updates in the New Year.  read more