BONO AND SPERLING LISTEN DURING DEBT RELIEF PRESS CONFERENCE, 2000-09-21 (photo)

White House Chief Economic Advisor Gene Sperling (R) joins rock star Bono (L), on Capitol Hill on September 21, 2000, to urge Congress to authorize payment of the U.S. share of global initiative to relieve the debts of some of the world's poorest countries. The Clinton administration has requested Congress to authorize payment of $435 million over two years to pay the United States share of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, which aims to forgive the crippling debt of the poorest nations. REUTERS/Carucha L. Meuse Bono, U2 lead singer and Gene Sperling (R), assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy listen while U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, speaks during a press conference on funding for debt relief for improverished nations in Washington, September 21, 2000.Carucha L.