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               US Unarmed Drones Aid in Search for Nigeria Girls

   by VOA News

   The U.S. is using unarmed surveillance drones to aid in the search for
   the kidnapped Nigerian girls, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said
   Wednesday.
   "We are now providing unmanned reconnaissance intelligence over Nigeria
   and we'll continue to do that," Hagel told reporters in Saudi Arabia,
   where he was attending a meeting of the regional Gulf Cooperation
   Council, the Wall Street Journal reported.
   However, the U.S. is not considering sending its forces into Nigeria to
   help rescue nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted last month by the Islamic
   militant group Boko Haram, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on
   Wednesday.
   Carney said the U.S. military and other personnel are actively advising
   the Nigerian government as it seeks to locate the girls.
   Britain, France and Israel also have sent intelligence and military
   experts to Nigeria to help look for the girls.
   On Sunday, Hagel also said the United States has no plans to send
   troops to Nigeria to help recover the schoolgirls.
   "There's no intention, at this point, to [put] American boots on the
   ground," Hagel told ABC television's "This Week" program.
   Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
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