National Journal
by Mike Magner
In the new movie “Iron Man 2,” Don Cheadle plays James (Rhodey) Rhodes, a tough military officer who is one of the superhero’s closest confidants and who becomes an armor- clad hero himself known as the War Machine. In real life, Cheadle is a polite and mild-mannered advocate for preserving the global environment, a role he believes fits perfectly with his ongoing campaign against genocide in Africa.
The 45-year-old, who has played everything from drug-addicted Washington disc jockey Petey Greene to Rat Packer Sammy Davis Jr. was on Capitol Hill last week to lobby for the Global Conservation Act, a bill introduced in March calling for an international strategy to protect natural resources and biodiversity.
