BRAD PITT MEETS WITH BARACK OBAMA

Brad Pitt

Hollywood star Brad Pitt was granted a private meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday to discuss the issue of Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans. The disaster left thousands of people homeless when the levees broke and flood water washed away residential areas in 2005. Pitt has played a major role in the rebuilding process in the state, with his Make it Right Foundation providing funding for a number of housing schemes. Brad, in Washington, D.C. with his partner Angelina Jolie while she shoots the new thriller "Salt," used his spare time to discuss the issue with the President at a meeting in the White House. Pitt later talked more about ways to better help those still affected by Hurricane Katrina with the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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