Obama ,George Clooneymeet in Oval Office to discuss Darfur crisis

George Clooney on the North Lawn of the White House after his meeting
with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Feb. 23

United Nations peace messenger George Clooney and President Barack Obama met privately in the Oval Office on Monday to talk about the genocide in Darfur.

The actor delivered 250,000 postcards urging Obama to help resolve the crisis. He later appeared on Larry King Live from the North Lawn of the White House (see video). He reported:

I delivered 250,000 postcards to the president signed by people all across the country who wanted to help give some political capital to and remind this administration of how important this issue is. It was from the Save Darfur people. But it's from all across the country. And we're probably going to have another 700,000 by the end of the week."

He says we need "aggressive diplomacy" in the region "and it has to start soon."