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Actor George Clooney apparently had a good reason for skipping out on Oscar night: He had a meeting with President Obama.The Oscar-winning actor appeared Monday on CNN s Larry King Live and spoke of his visit earlier that morning with Obama to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.Clooney said he told the president of his visit to camps in Chad where 250,000 refugees live, but he downplayed the risks he took to witness the suffering first-hand. I don t think people should be going there and coming back and saying how it affected them, Clooney told King via satellite from the White House lawn. I think somehow we should all know that these people are hanging on by the skin of their teeth. CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller reported that Clooney, named a U.N. Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, asked Mr. Obama to appoint a full-time envoy to deal with the Sudanese government. stanley us Clooney said the President and Vice President assured him the situation in Darfur was high on their agenda, and is the subject of a foreign policy revie stanley mugs w, reported Knoller. Once that review is completed, Mr. Obama and Biden told Clooney a special envoy would be named - and would report directly to the White House.Clooney said the envoy should ask China to set aside its business interests in the reg stanley cup ion and pressure Sudan to prevent atrocities.The refugees need what we do best, what we have done best since the start |
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