what is the transafrica group? by theit was founded congressional black caucus to be the voice for african-americans foreign policy. when nelson mandela was considered a terrorist, transafrica took up the cause and explained to the people what was going on and why the apartheid regime was so evil. work arounda lot of democracy in nigeria. we continue to fight to make sure the voices from the ground in africa, latin america, and even in europe are amplified in the united states. this case in nigeria is the perfect example. people need to have an opportunity to be heard, an opportunity to speak. it is amazing that mothers from secluded partll of nigeria are being heard all over the world, especially in washington. host: william, arizona, republican caller. did you notice that the parents wanting to look for their children, they were using bow and arrows. i do not think they had any type of gun. host: that was in one of the stories i read today. the initial search was done by parents with bow and arrows, going into th

nicole lee is a policy expert with transafrica. bob barr is a former cia operative.uch for joining us. what's your response, first of all, president goodluck jonathan nigeria accenting this u.s. offer for all sorts of assistant including intelligence, military, other technical assistance? >> think it's welcomed but frankly not enough. i think people want to see tangible results first. for 2 1/2 week, the parents, the mothers, fathers, felt like they were ignored by their government. now the international community has come together to back up what nigerians are say, they deserve a solution to this. i think until they see something tangible, we're going to continue to see mounting pressure. >> practically speaking, bob, what can the u.s. do? this group, boko haram which is a muslim extremist group, they kidnap girls and sell them, any girl that's even getting an education, they want to kidnap them and sell them off for marriage or whatever. what can, practically speaking, the u.s. military intelligence community do? >> well, first of all, we can start turning the big

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what is the transafrica group? theit was founded congressional black caucus to be the voice for african-americans foreign policy. when nelson mandela was considered a terrorist, transafrica took up the cause and explained to the people what was going on and why the apartheid regime was so evil. work arounda lot of democracy in nigeria. we continue to fight to make sure the voices from the ground in africa, latin america, and even in europe are amplified in the united states. this case in nigeria is the perfect example. people need to have an opportunity to be heard, an opportunity to speak. it is amazing that mothers from secluded partll of nigeria are being heard all over the world, especially in washington. host: william, arizona, republican caller. did you notice that the parents wanting to look for their children, they were using bow and arrows. i do not think they had any type of gun. host: that was in one of the stories i read today. the initial search was done by parents with bow and arrows, going into this