Have a Question for the White House?

Have a question for President Barack Obama or his staff?

OK, so they may not be able to tell you how commercial development in northwest Baltimore County is going to shape up.

But nevertheless, the White House has asked Owings Mills and the rest of Patch's network to extend an invitation to our readers to submit questions to the president and his administration. The five best questions from across the country will be answered.

All you have to do is provide the following:

• Name of person submitting question
• City, State
• Twitter handle of submitter (if applicable)
• Your question

The deadline is noon on Wednesday, Jan 25. Just reply in the comments section of this post to submit a question.

President Obama will address the nation in his State of the Union address Tuesday at 9 p.m.