Obama Sends Troops to Chad in Search of Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls

President Obama on Wednesday deployed about 80 Armed Forces personnel to Chad to help find the Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing since April

Chad borders the eastern border of Nigeria, a region where officials suspect the Islamic militant group Boko Haram is keeping nearly 300 kidnapped girls.

The administration's decision to deploy troops is a bit unexpected. Earlier this month, the U.Ssent an interdisciplinary team to Abuja, Nigeria to aid in the search. At the time, a Pentagon spokesperson told Mashable that “military personnel will not physically search for the girls or Boko Haram” in Nigeria. Senator John McCain, however, told The Daily Beast on May 13 that he would send U.S. troops to rescue the girls “in a New York minute.” Read more...