Brad Pitt was granted a private meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday to discuss the issue of Hurricane Katrina-hit New Orleans, Louisiana.

The natural disaster left thousands of people homeless when the levees broke and flood water washed away massive swathes of 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 re-housing schemes.

And the movie star, in Washington, D.C. with his partner Angelina Jolie while she shoots new thriller Salt, used his spare time to discuss the issue with the President at the White House. Pitt later talked more about ways to better help those still affected by Hurricane Katrina with America's Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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