BuzzFeed - White House press Secretary Jay Carney called the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls âan outrage and a terrible tragedy.â Obama said a U.S. team was already on the ground in Nigeria providing military and law enforcement assistance. s3-ec.buzzfed.com "The State Department has been in regular touch with the Nigerian government about what we might do to help support its efforts to find and free these young women," Carney said. "When it comes to what specifically we are doing, our counterterrorism assistance in Nigeria focuses on information-sharing, on improving Nigeria's forensics and investigative capacity," he said. "It also stresses the importance of protecting civilians and assuring that human rights are protected and respected. We are working with the Nigerian government to strengthen its criminal justice system and increase confidence in the government by supporting its efforts to hold those responsible for violence accountable." View Entire List âº
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