A small American team of military, law enforcement and hostage negotiators is arriving in Nigeria today to help the girls. For more on that effort, I 'm joined by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas Greenfield. Thank you for joining us. And thank you for having me. Give me your best assessment as of this evening of where the girls are. Gwen, I wish I could tell you where the girls are. I do not think we have an answer to that. And I know the Nigerians do not have an answer to that. They have been missing for more than 24 days. An I think the question that everyone has is where, where are the girls? There has been some speculation that they have been split up in different locations? We have heard that speculation, that some may have been taken across the border into neighboring countries or maybe in different locations inside of Nigeria in the forest, and also in some small villages. But, again, this is all based on rumor and information that we have not been able to confirm. Everybody, from your boss, Secretary of State Kerry, this morning, to the president of the United States, has said the U.S. will do all it can do. What can the U.S. do? We will do all we can do. And the president has instructed us to do that. We are starting by sending a multidimensional team in that will include the military, civilians, individuals that can work with the Nigerians on how to negotiate and how they can approach returning the girls without harming them.
