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In Aiding Rescue of Kidnapped Schoolgirls in Nigeria, Will U.S. Expand Military Foothold in Africa?
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13:53Now PlayingIn a speech today, President Obama is expected to lay out a U.S. foreign policy approach that avoids large wars like Iraq and Afghanistan, and shifts instead to partnering with countries on counterterrorism efforts. This comes as The New York Times reports the Obama administration has launched a program to train "homegrown African counterterrorism teams" in Libya, Niger, Mauritania and Mali. Just last week, the United States also deployed a battalion of 80 marines to Nigeria to help search for the nearly 300 missing schoolgirls there. The head of Nigeria's military has said the military now knows where the abducted girls are being held, but has ruled out using force to rescue them for fear of endangering their lives. We discuss the situation in Nigeria and the growing fears that the schoolgirls' kidnapping could be exploited to further U.S. militarism in Africa with two guestsDayo Olopade is a NigerianAmerican journalist and author of "The Bright ContinentBreaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa"; and Carl LeVan, assistant professor at American University's School of International Service and author of the forthcoming book, "Dictators and Democracy in African Developmentthe Political Economy of Good Governance in Nigeria."
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