reformer.com: Rocker Bono paid a surprise visit to speak with U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy at the breakfast, causing a sudden surge in media coverage for the otherwise relatively low-key event.
Bono, the lead singer of the Grammy-award winning rock group U2, congratulated Leahy, one of the 22 delegates from the Green Mountain State, for his work to increase access to drugs to battle HIV and AIDS in poor and developing countries.
Most of the world now associates the United States with war, bombs and preemptive strikes, said Bono, when they could be introduced to the country through humanitarian missions, such as delivering badly needed medicines, supplies and food. [
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Bono, the lead singer of the Grammy-award winning rock group U2, congratulated Leahy, one of the 22 delegates from the Green Mountain State, for his work to increase access to drugs to battle HIV and AIDS in poor and developing countries.
Most of the world now associates the United States with war, bombs and preemptive strikes, said Bono, when they could be introduced to the country through humanitarian missions, such as delivering badly needed medicines, supplies and food. [
more] 
