Clooney skips Oscars to meet Obama

Did you wonder why you did not see George Clooney at the Oscars on Sunday night? Well, it turns out he was meeting with President Obama about Darfur. The violence and genocide in Sudan has gone on far too long and maybe appointing an envoy can help bring about peace. George Mitchell has not done much so far since he was made special envoy to the Middle East in terms of actual peace agreements, but he has set the tone that we are serious about helping work out the problems we see in the world. It will have to be someone well respected within the global world because gaining cooperation from China will be difficult.