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U.S. First Lady "outraged" over Nigeria kidnappings
Friday, May 09, 2014 - 00:59
May 10 - Ahead of Mother's Day, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, a mother of two girls, says she's ''outraged'' over the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama took the rare step of delivering her husband President Barack Obama's weekly radio address on Saturday (May 10) to condemn the kidnapping of some 200 girls in Nigeria last month. "Like millions of people across the globe, my husband and I are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls from their school dormitory in the middle of the night," Mrs. Obama said in the address. "This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education - grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls." Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed the girls, abducted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, were still in his country. Militants stormed a secondary school in the village of Chibok, near the Cameroon border, on April 14, and kidnapped the girls, who were taking exams at the time. Fifty have since escaped, but more than 200 remain with the insurgents. The United States offered this week to send a team of experts to Nigeria to support the government's response effort, which has been criticized for being slow. "I want you to know that Barack has directed our government to do everything possible to support the Nigerian government's efforts to find these girls and bring them home," Mrs. Obama said. "In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes, their dreams - and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now." The first lady noted that the school where the girls were abducted had been closed recently because of terrorist threats, but the girls insisted on coming back to take exams.
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U.S. First Lady "outraged" over Nigeria kidnappings
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