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Angelina Jolie has joined "the next generation of foreign policy leaders", a leading US think-tank says.
The 32-year-old, who is already a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, was recommended for approval by members of the Council on Foreign Relations. She will join the likes of ex-presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a member of the US foreign policy think-tank.