--- title: Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Must Help Find Kidnapped Girls in Nigeria description: Clinton called the kidnappings "criminal, an act of terrorism" canonical: https://time.com/91470/hillary-clinton-boko-haram-nigeria/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-07T21:00:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:23.863Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Must Help Find Kidnapped Girls in Nigeria og:description: Clinton called the kidnappings "criminal, an act of terrorism" og:url: https://time.com/91470/hillary-clinton-boko-haram-nigeria/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte902ee66202b4533/69868e4c810bbb9ff0c91702/hillary-clinton-nigeria-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Nigeria Girls og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Must Help Find Kidnapped Girls in Nigeria twitter:description: Clinton called the kidnappings "criminal, an act of terrorism" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte902ee66202b4533/69868e4c810bbb9ff0c91702/hillary-clinton-nigeria-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Calls Kidnapping of Nigerian Girls 'Abominable' > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent May 7, 2014 9:00 PM UTC  Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks during the National Council for Behavioral Health's Annual Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. on May 6, 2014. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks during the National Council for Behavioral Health's Annual Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. on May 6, 2014.Patrick Smith—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent May 7, 2014 9:00 PM UTC Hillary Clinton decried the [kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria](http://time.com/87658/boko-haram-nigeria-kidnapped-girls/) as “abominable” on Wednesday, adding her high-profile voice to a growing chorus of [outrage](http://time.com/84414/how-we-failed-the-lost-girls-kidnapped-by-boko-haram/) at a situation that has drawn global headlines. Speaking at an event in New York, the former Secretary of State and possible 2016 presidential candidate said the kidnapping of more than 250 girls by the Boko Haram militant group is “abominable, criminal, an act of terrorism and really merits the fullest response possible first and foremost from the government of Nigeria.” Clinton was in town to speak at Philanthropy New York’s annual meeting—sponsored by the Ford Foundation—during which she addressed a range of issues facing women and girls. When discussion moderator Robin Roberts of ABC asked Clinton about the #BringBackOurGirls campaign to free the schoolgirls, about which Clinton has been tweeting, Clinton said the Nigerian government has been “derelict” in its responsibility for boys and girls for years. She agreed with President Barack Obama that in order to find and save the girls, other nations need to become involved. “That I believe requires assistance from others including the United States,” Clinton said. Obama Administration officials announced Tuesday that they were planning to s[end a team to Nigeria](http://time.com/89665/boko-haram-nigeria-girls/) to help aid in the search for the girls, who were kidnapped in April. Obama called the situation “heartbreaking.” A Boko Haram leader boasted in a video that emerged this week that “I abducted your girls” and “will sell them in the market.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/91470/hillary-clinton-boko-haram-nigeria/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/91470/hillary-clinton-boko-haram-nigeria/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Calls Kidnapping of Nigerian Girls 'Abominable'","datePublished":"2014-05-07T21:00:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:23.863Z","description":"Adding her voice to the growing outrage over the kidnapping of more than 250 Nigerian school girls, Clinton said it's \"criminal, an act of terrorism and really merits the fullest response possible first and foremost from the government of Nigeria\"","url":"https://time.com/91470/hillary-clinton-boko-haram-nigeria/","keywords":["2016 Election","Living","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Nigeria","bringbackourgirls"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte902ee66202b4533/69868e4c810bbb9ff0c91702/hillary-clinton-nigeria-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte902ee66202b4533/69868e4c810bbb9ff0c91702/hillary-clinton-nigeria-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Nigeria Girls","caption":"Hillary Clinton Nigeria Girls","creditText":"Patrick Smith—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/91470/hillary-clinton-boko-haram-nigeria/","name":"Hillary Clinton Calls Kidnapping of Nigerian Girls 'Abominable'"}}]}] ```