The Oval Office meeting takes place just two days after Vice President Joe Biden met with Zardari and other Pakistani officials, seeking a crackdown on Afghanistan insurgents who base operations in neighboring Pakistan.
In exchange, the U.S. is offering increased aid to Pakistan.
Zardari will be in Washington for a memorial service honoring Afghanistan/Pakistan envoy Richard Holbrooke. Neither president is expected to meet with reporters after their meeting.
During his trip to Pakistan, Biden told Pakistani President Yousuf Raza Gilani that the U.S. is not engaged in a "war on Pakistan," but is instead fighting violent extremists who "have found refuge in some of the most remote parts of your country."
It is the extremists who "violate Pakistan's sovereignty and corrupt its good name," Biden said.
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