The Bush administration has dispatched Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill on a four-African-nation tour. He is with Irish rock singer Bono of U2, and tensions between the two men are increasing. Bono has been pushing for debt relief and more foreign aid to Africa. Together in a Ugandan primary school, where attendance has soared but many children go hungry during the day, Bono said, “If the secretary cannot see, we are going to have to get him a pair of glasses and a new set of ears.” O’Neill suggested the public in the U.S. and Britain should be encouraged to think in terms of donating Dr. Seuss books to Ugandan schools, “in effect, adopting a child.” He went on to say, “It translates better than saying, 'Give us some more money.' We need to make this into individual people things, not some cosmic stuff about billions of dollars.” Bono replied, “It takes billions of dollars. It is not cosmic for these kids to have a cup of porridge a day.”