North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan are part of congressional delegation visiting Africa, including a meeting with U2 singer and AIDS activist Bono in Ghana.
Burr, a Republican and Hagan, a Democrat, are two of six senators and a congressmen who arrived last Thursday in Africa and are scheduled to be there through Friday, according to The Daily Republic of Arizona.
Besides Burr, the delegation includes Senators John Thune of South Dakota, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Mike Johanns of Nebraska and Kay Granger of Texas.
Besides meeting with Bono, the group met with Joshua Bolten, former chief of staff to President George W. Bush, who joined the delegation and Bon in seeing the progress that has been made in fighting AIDS at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, according to ONE, a grassroots advocacy group.
The Senate is in recess until January 23. The trip has been kept under wraps for security reasons.
