Jolie undecided between Obama and McCain for next Presidential role

By Isabel Gonçalves
11 August 2008 @ 07:12 pm EDT

A bunch of A-list celebrities have jumped on the Elections wagon by endorsing Barack Obama, few have endorsed John McCain, but there are still a handful of famous names who are still undecided and one of them includes Angelina Jolie.

Jolie listens to an earthquake survivor during her visit to Jabel, a remote village in Pakistani Kashmir. Jolie pleaded for swift aid to avoid a new disaster in Pakistan caused by the onset of the brutal Himalayan cold. (The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees/AP Photo)

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The campaigns of both presumptive candidates have reached out to her in recent days, apparently to court the support of the United Nations goodwill ambassador.

Meanwhile, in a statement to Variety provided by political adviser Trevor Neilson, Jolie says that she is waiting to make up her mind.

"I have not decided on a candidate," Jolie said, adding that she is looking at both McCain's and Obama's international policies.

"I am waiting to see the commitments they will make on issues like international justice, refugees and how to address the needs of children in crisis around the world."

After a trip she made to Iraq in February, Jolie appeared to have sided with McCain after writing in a Washington Post editorial that her "visit left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis� what we cannot afford, in my view, is to squander the progress that has been made."

Jolie's father, Jon Voight, endorsed McCain and blasted Obama's presidential skills recently in an op-ed for The Washington Times. Jolie and her father, however, have shared a turbulent relationship for several years.

Obama wants to remove the U.S. troops within 16 months, while Jolie shared in the article that her visit to Iraq had left her "even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis."

"Today's humanitarian crisis in Iraq -- and the potential consequences for our national security -- are great. Can the United States afford to gamble that 4 million or more poor and displaced people, in the heart of Middle East, won't explode in violent desperation, sending the whole region into further disorder? " she wrote.

What we cannot afford, in my view, is to squander the progress that has been made."

Jolie recently gave birth to the twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon, in the French city of Nice.