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Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States, and Samantha Power, US Ambassador to the United Nations - Requesting Additional Sanctions On Boko Haram to the Administration

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By: Martha Roby, Karen Bass, Carolyn McCarthy, Gloria Negrete McLeod

By: Martha Roby, Karen Bass, Carolyn McCarthy, Gloria Negrete McLeod, Loretta Sanchez, Diane Black, Nydia Velázquez, Cynthia Lummis, Marcia Fudge, Kay Granger, Marsha Blackburn, Allyson Schwartz, Susan Davis, Robin Kelly, Michele Bachmann, Linda Sánchez, Lou Barletta, Gabrielle Giffords, Madeleine Bordallo, Grace Meng, Carol Shea-Porter, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Kathy Castor, Anna Eshoo, Judy Chu, Diana DeGette, Lynn Jenkins, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Kristi Noem, Ann Kirkpatrick, Jackie Speier, Kirsten Gillibrand, Renee Ellmers, Niki Tsongas, Dana Rohrabacher, Jane Harman, Cathy Rodgers, Marcy Kaptur, Suzan DelBene, Rosa DeLauro, Janice Hahn, Jan Schakowsky, Louise Slaughter, Shelley Capito, Corrine Brown, Yvette Clarke, Jo Ann Emerson, Terri Sewell, Lois Capps, Sheila Jackson Lee, Ellen Tauscher, Jackie Walorski, Kyrsten Sinema, Virginia Foxx, Tammy Duckworth, Gwen Moore, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Maxine Waters, Zoe Lofgren, Susan Brooks, Annie Kuster, Katherine Clark, Nita Lowey, Chellie Pingree, Julia Brownley, Cheri Bustos, Joyce Beatty, Carolyn Maloney, Frederica Wilson, Ami Bera, Lynn Westmoreland, Nancy Pelosi, Donna Christensen, Ann Wagner, Tulsi Gabbard, Eleanor Norton, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Doris Matsui, Barbara Lee, Colleen Hanabusa, Grace Napolitano, Hilda Solis

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Date: May 9, 2014

Location: Washington, DC

Issues: Women Minors and Children Criminal Justice

May 9, 2014

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

The Honorable Amb. Samantha Power
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017

Dear Mr. President and Ambassador Power:

As women of the United States House of Representatives, we are writing you today to express our deep concern about the growing threat the terrorist group Boko Haram poses to Nigeria and the rest of the world. Several weeks ago, Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from a school in Northeastern Nigeria, and has threatened to sell the girls into sex slavery.

This intersection between the twin scourges of human trafficking and terrorism is extremely disturbing. Terrorist groups like Boko Haram finance their activities through criminal enterprises such as kidnapping, human trafficking and extortion.

We commend the Obama Administration's initial steps to assist efforts to free the kidnapping victims. Unfortunately, the threat posed by Boko Haram and affiliated terrorist groups to the region and the world has been growing. Boko Haram has engaged in multiple attacks on Nigerian civilians, in particular attacking schools and universities without mercy or compassion. More than 1,500 people have been killed in violence associated with the insurgency this year alone.

We believe there is much more that the United States government should do to address the growing threat Boko Haram poses to international peace and security. We urge you to add Boko Haram to the United Nations Security Council's Al-Qaida Sanctions List, the mechanism by which international sanctions are imposed on Al-Qaida and Al-Qaida linked organizations. While the Department of State officially designated the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in November of 2013, Boko Haram's addition to the Security Council's Sanctions List would further curtail its terrorist activities.

We look forward to working with the Administration and our colleagues in Congress to ensure that no more innocent victims are hurt by this vile terrorist organization. As a global leader and beacon of freedom, the United States must use its influence to stop the horrors of sex slavery both at home and abroad. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Ann Wagner Ann McLane Kuster
Member of Congress Member of Congress

Here is the list of all 79 women cosigners from the House of Representatives:

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep. Dina Titus, Rep. Joyce Beatty, Rep. Jackie Walorski, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Cynthia Lummis, Rep. Kay Granger, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Diane Black, Rep. Betty McCollum, Rep. Susan Brooks, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, Rep. Candice Miller, Rep. Cheri Bustos, Rep. Donna F. Edwards, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rep. Nita Lowey, Rep. Grace Meng, Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, Rep. Lois Frankel, Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Rep. Julia Brownley, Rep. Janice Hahn, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, Rep. Virginia Foxx, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Rep. Kathy Castor, Rep. Karen Bass, Rep. Jackie Speier, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, Rep. Renee Ellmers, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, Rep. Katherine Clark, Rep. Martha Roby, Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Rep. Lois Capps, Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, Rep. Krysten Sinema, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Chellie Pingree, Rep. Doris Matsui, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Rep. Tammy Duckworth, Rep. Corrine Brown, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Judy Chu, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky, Rep. Susan A. Davis, Rep. Robin Kelly, Rep. Anna Eshoo, Rep. Kristi Noem, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Rep. Terri A. Sewell, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Rep. Allyson Schwartz, Rep. Gwen Moore

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Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States, and Samantha Power, US Ambassador to the United Nations - Requesting Additional Sanctions On Boko Haram to the Administration

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