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. 
 
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– 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."