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

U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers (C) and White House Chief Economic Advisor, Gene Sperling (R) join rock star Bono (L), on Capitol Hill on September 21, 2000, to urge Congress to authorize payment of U.S. share of global initiative to relieve the debts of some of the world's poorest countries. The Clinton administration has requested that Congress 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. CM/MMR