Bono is testifying on violent extremism before Congress

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U2 front man Bono is testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on the refugee crisis and violent extremism.

Before sitting at the witness table on Tuesday, Bono posed for photos with three members of Code Pink, who wore pink tiaras and held cardboard torches and signs reading "Refugees Welcome."

Cameras whirred furiously as subcommittee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham quipped, "So this is what it's like to be chopped liver."

Bono co-founded the One Campaign, an advocacy group that works to end poverty and preventable disease.

He says in his written testimony that nations teetering on the brink of instability need a better bridge between immediate humanitarian assistance and long-term development.

Bono says foreign aid should be considered an issue of national security, not charity.

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