Angelina Jolie reveals reasons she and Brad Pitt visited the White House

Gina DiFalco

Angelina Jolie at the Golden Globe Foreign Language Nominee press conference held at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on January 14 2012 in Los Angeles

While in D.C. for her premiere of In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt made news as they stopped by the White House.

Jolie explained the purpose of their visit with President Obama at the Golden Globe Foreign Language Film Panel Discussion.

The new director said she and Pitt were there for two different reasons. Pitt was there to meet with Vice President Joe Biden about his work in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, The Mirror reports.

Jolie, on the other hand, was there in support of the lead actress in In the Land of Blood and Honey, Zana Marjanovic.

I went with our Zana Marjanovic, our lead actress, to speak about Sarajevo [the capital Bosnia and Herzegovina] and our concerns about some things going on, said the mother of six, The Hindustan Times reports.

So we spoke with him [Obama] briefly and then we spoke a lot to the people who work underneath him in the trenches and tried to figure out how we can do some stuff to continue healing in Bosnia and make sure its headed in the right direction.

Jolie seemed to thoroughly enjoy her time there, noting It was wonderful, I was very, very happy. There are so many things going on in foreign policy and Zana spoke beautifully about very specific concerns. I was very proud of her, so I was really there to stand by her