George Clooney and John Prendergast walk out of the West Wing with Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council Samantha Power. After the meeting, George Clooney told reporters:
“I don’t think at this point there is any discussion in sending troops into South Sudan. Right now we have 90 days to do this and it doesn’t cost a dime and it doesn’t cost any lives and no American troops. You know, this is not a right or left issue as you well know, I’ve worked with Sam Brownback before, we’re going to go meet with Senator Lugar in a few minutes, so the truth of the matter, at this moment, there’s an opportunity here to negotiate this. To negotiate a peace treaty is complicated and it’s difficult, and it’s negotiating with people you don’t necessarily like or you don’t necessarily get along with. This administration seems committed to it, and we have to focus on that right now rather than focusing on the idea of the aftermath. I’d rather, I’d rather us prevent one than focusing on the triage at the end.”
