President Barack Obama might be powerful and well-known, but the White House got some Hollywood star power Wednesday: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stopped by for a chat with the chief executive. 
 
 Actor Brad Pitt is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, during a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Associated Press) 
 
 Actress Angelina Jolie is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, during a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Associated Press) 
 
 Actress Angelina Jolie is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, during a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Associated Press) 
 
 The actors were spotted in the Oval Office by photographers waiting outside for the president to take off for a trip to Chicago. 
 
 The White House confirmed Pitt and Jolie were in town to screen Jolie's movie about Bosnian war crimes at the Holocaust museum. They dropped by so the president could talk with Jolie about her work on preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women. 
 
 Pitt was seen sporting a cane, which he's been using following a skiing injury. 
 
 It's not the first time Obama's met with one of the pair. In 2009 the president met with Pitt to discuss his working rebuilding New Orleans' Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. 
 
 Jolie also met with CIA Director David Petraeus at the agency's headquarters. Jolie wanted Petraeus' perspective on cultural trends in Afghanistan for her work with Afghan refugees, an official close to the former U.S. commander in Afghanistan said, speaking anonymously to discuss the private meeting. They had a similar meeting in Baghdad in 2008. 
 
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 AP Intelligence Writer Kimberly Dozier contributed to this report. ||||| UPDATE (4 PM EST): According to the AP, Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, met with the President in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The news service reports that they spoke about "her work on preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women." 
 
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 PREVIOUSLY: Angelina Jolie's new film is called "In the Land of Blood and Honey." She could also use that bittersweet monicker to describe her review of President Obama's job performance. 
 
 Appearing at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington to promote her directorial debut, Jolie shared her mixed feelings on the direction of the country with the Daily Caller. 
 
 "I think there are many, many things I think have gone in a wonderful direction and there are a few things I am disappointed in but I don't feel like tonight is the night to clarify," she said. "But there are many wonderful things that have moved forward, and of course, some other things that are very frustrating." 
 
 It was a pretty milquetoast, evasive answer, and perhaps one that was borne out of being stung by her words in the past. In 2009, it was reported that Jolie was a reluctant supporter of Obama and called him a "one-term President." Jolie took issue with that when it was brought up by the Caller. 
 
 "Reported by who? By Us Weekly?" she asked. "You gotta read better papers." 
 
 In fact, it was Fox News that was the source of that story; they cited "insiders" who said Jolie was disappointed with Obama's supposed disinterest in issues happening around the world. 
 
 Jolie, a Humanitarian Ambassador for the UN for the past decade whose movie addresses the humanitarian crisis of the Yugoslav War, alluded to displeasure with an overall international approach to foreign aid. That could, perhaps, be one of the issues with which Jolie is frustrated. 
 
 Also on HuffPost: ||||| Angelina Jolie -- who "hates" Barack Obama, sources have told Us -- gives the President and his administration a stern talking-to in an OpEd published Thursday at Newsweek.com. 
 
 In "Justice Delayed is Not Justice Denied," the actress and U.N. goodwill ambassador writes passionately about the ongoing situation in the Darfur region of Sudan, where "government supported militia have left 300,000 dead and 2.7 million people internally displaced." 
 
 See photos of Brad and Angie's humanitarian trip to Iraq 
 
 Jolie complains that Obama's administration "has not yet announced any serious moves" to bring corrupt Sudanese leaders to justice. 
 
 "I believe President Obama ... will do [his] best to bring peace to the region," Jolie writes, but she seriously questions his policy. "How is the Obama administration's approach to Sudan an evolution of justice?" she writes. "In addition, when the administration says it intends to work to 'improve the lives of the people of Darfur,' I would like to know what that means, besides the obvious point that their lives could hardly get worse." 
 
 Check out surprising old modeling photos of Angelina 
 
 The 34 year-old actress worries that if the administration doesn't deal more forcefully with Sudanese officials, future leaders could continue to "pocket financial assistance and aid relief" and "act with impunity." 
 
 Angelina's globetrotting photos: survey them here 
 
 She also recommends a new report "funded by the Jolie-Pitt Foundation" that the administration and the U.N. should use to the prevent future atrocities worldwide. Jolie adds: "On this Human Rights Day--the same day President Obama receives his Nobel Peace Prize--we must also remember those who have been deprived of their rights." 
 
 See adorable photos of Brad and Angelina's twins Vivienne and Knox 
 
 In a recent issue of Us Weekly, a source explained to Us that Jolie and boyfriend Pitt "get in nasty arguments all the time" about President Obama. "She thinks Obama is all smoke and mirrors." ||||| Her duties have been interspersed with her acting roles in films like “Wanted,” “Salt,” “Maleficent” and “Kung Fu Panda,” among others, and her directing work in “By the Sea,” “Unbroken” and “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” She won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for “Girl, Interrupted” (1999). Her activities have fostered a surreal dichotomy in her public persona, as she is photographed on red carpets and in refugee camps. 
 
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 In an Op-Ed article in The New York Times last year, Ms. Jolie Pitt described a visit to a refugee camp in the Dohuk Province of Iraq. “For many years I have visited camps, and every time, I sit in a tent and hear stories. I try my best to give support,” she wrote. “On this trip I was speechless. 
 
 “What do you say to a mother with tears streaming down her face who says her daughter is in the hands of the Islamic State, or ISIS, and that she wishes she were there, too?” 
 
 She has recently waded into the global migrant crisis, saying in London last week that she has been “very disheartened” by the response of the United States and that she feared countries would adopt increasingly isolationist policies, The Associated Press reported. She said worries about uncontrolled immigration had given a “false air of legitimacy to those who promote politics of fear and separation.” 
 
 In its statement on Monday, the London School of Economics gave no details about Ms. Jolie’s specific teaching duties or how often she would be on campus. It said the new master’s program included courses titled “Women, Peace and Security,” “Gender and Militarization,” and “Gender and Human Rights.” Students will conduct research on preventing sexual violence in conflicts and on women, peace and security. 
 
 The other two visiting professors were Jane Connors, an Amnesty International advocacy director; and Madeleine Rees, the secretary general of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. 
 
 Critics of some of the summit meetings organized by the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative have said they cost more to conduct than Britain’s government commits in spending to prosecute rape in conflict zones, The Guardian reported in 2015. 
 
 When she was named a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR in 2001, Ms. Jolie said she wanted to get involved because it was impossible to ignore the fact that millions of people were suffering worldwide. 
 
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 “I honestly want to help,” she said. “I don’t believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning.”
– Just another day in the life of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: The super-couple was spotted yesterday in the Oval Office, having a little chat with President Obama. They were in town for a screening of Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, at the Holocaust museum, the AP notes. A White House deputy press secretary tells the New York Post that they spoke about "[Angelina's] work to raise the profile of preventing mass atrocities and combating sexual violence against women." Well, either that or they were there to discuss some other "matter of national importance, like what gift to buy for Jay-Z and Beyoncé's baby," snarks Joe Coscarelli in New York. Jezebel, meanwhile, has a whole bunch of ideas about potential conversational topics. Sample line of dialogue: "Really, Mr. President? You want me to hit you as hard as I can?" For more on Angelina's feelings about Obama, click to see why she's a bit "disappointed."