The White House says a U.S. team will head to Nigeria as soon as possible to aid in the search for nearly 300 teenage girls abducted from their school more than three weeks ago.
Spokesman Jay Carney says Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated the offer during a conversation Tuesday with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.
Carney says "time is of the essence." He urged the Nigerian government to ensure that it is using all available resources to ensure the safe return of the girls.
Carney says the U.S. team would include military and law enforcement personnel capable of sharing with the Nigerians expertise in intelligence, investigations, hostage negotiating and victim assistance.
President Obama and Kerry were to discuss the issue at a White House meeting Tuesday afternoon.
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Good. This is something that we can do. It doesn't take a gigantic footprint. We have lots of people who are good at this sort of thing. We have a clear objective and end-game: get the kidnapped slaves-to-be and get them home, and if we waste a bunch of these freakshow kidnappers along the way, more's the better.
Do it right and don't screw it up, guys. And buy "guys," I mean the folks in Washington; I'm not worried about the boots on the ground getting it right.
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