Michelle Obama's Address: Chibok Missing Girls

Michelle Obama

First lady Michelle Obama says she is “outraged” and “heartbroken” over the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian school girls who risked their lives to get an education, saying she hopes their story serves as an inspiration for American students to work harder and appreciate what they have got.

“In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes, their dreams – and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now,” Mrs. Obama says in her first-ever weekly address. “Many of them may have been hesitant to send their daughters off to school, fearing that harm might come their way.  But they took that risk because they believed in their daughters’ promise and wanted to give them every opportunity to succeed.”

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