last week with journalists Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times and Ann Curry of NBC . `` I think somehow we should all know that these people are hanging on by the skin of their teeth , '' Clooney told King of his visit . The government of Darfur has waged a brutal counter-insurgency against militias for the past six years , a war that some international critics have characterized as genocide . An estimated 300,000 people have been killed through direct combat , disease or malnutrition , according to the United Nations . An additional 2.7 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of fighting among rebels , government forces and the allied Janjaweed militias . Clooney said of his conversations with Obama and Biden : `` Basically , we were just talking about coming back from Chad and right on the border of Darfur . And we were talking about there 's a moment coming up relatively soon -- probably by the middle of next week -- where the International Criminal Court is going to indict the president of Sudan for war crimes , which has never happened before -- a sitting president .
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One week in Darfur , the next week at the White House . That 's the role of a peace activist -- one that actor George Clooney embraces . Actor George Clooney met with Vice President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss bringing peace to Darfur . His battle to bring peace to Darfur brought him to the White House on Monday , where he met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden . The actor appeared on CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' later on Monday to discuss his activism . `` I actually met with the president in the Oval Office for about 15 minutes , '' Clooney told King , adding that they 'd worked together on Darfur three years ago , holding a news conference on the issue when Obama was a U.S. senator . The actor met separately with Biden on Monday . `` They 've been very involved '' in Darfur , Clooney said . `` Vice President Biden has been incredibly vocal on the issue . '' Clooney , a longtime Darfur activist and a Messenger of Peace for the United Nations , was in Darfur