January 20, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
The singer Bono expresses his excitement for the Obama administration and its potential to fight global poverty in a video on the ONE Campaign’s blog.
Bono praises President Obama’s pledge to double foreign aid during his term despite the economic crisis.
“That will be seriously difficult for him to do in these circumstances, but I think he has a heart for the world’s poor,” the Irish singer says.
Bono also reflects on the performance of his band U2 Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial before the Obamas and a crowd of thousands.
“What a gig for us to play,” he says. “I asked if we could play every Monday night there. That’d be something.”
For more on the new administration, read The Chronicle’s inauguration blog.
