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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump says the United States has launched |
| 0:07.0 | deadly strikes against the Islamic State Group in northwest Nigeria. Writing on social media, |
| 0:13.3 | he said the group had been targeting Christians living in that African country. The U.S. says |
| 0:18.9 | the strikes were carried out in coordination with Nigerian authorities, |
| 0:23.0 | and its initial assessment is that multiple ISIS terrorists were killed in those camps. |
| 0:28.5 | Nigeria's foreign ministry said the BBC, said to the BBC, it was a joint operation. |
| 0:34.6 | The BBC's Makoshi Okokfor has more in this report from Lagos. U.S. Defense Secretary |
| 0:40.1 | Pete Hexed said he was grateful for Nigerian government's support and cooperation. Nigeria's |
| 0:44.8 | foreign ministry said the strikes were part of an ongoing security cooperation with the United |
| 0:48.9 | States. In November, President Trump ordered the U.S. military to prepare for action in Nigeria |
| 0:54.1 | to tackle |
| 0:54.7 | Islamist militants. He claimed Christians were being targeted in the country, amounted to a Christian |
| 1:00.0 | genocide. Nigeria's governments rejected that claim. It says, and groups target both Muslims |
| 1:05.9 | and Christians. Nigeria has been battling attacks by jihadist groups for more than a decade. |
| 1:10.8 | The minimum wage is set to rise in 19 states January 1st. Nigeria has been battling attacks by jihadist groups for more than a decade. |
| 1:20.9 | The minimum wage is set to rise in 19 states January 1st, as NPR's Andrea Shue reports millions of workers in both red and blue states will get a pay raise. |
| 1:29.1 | For the first time ever, the number of workers in states with a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour will top the number in states that still follow the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. That's according to analysis by the left-leading |
| 1:35.2 | economic policy institute. Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Missouri, and Nebraska will join |
| 1:42.1 | 11 other states and the District of Columbia in setting a minimum wage of 15 an hour or higher. |
| 1:48.3 | The Economic Policy Institute estimates that more than 8 million workers will see a wage bump as a result of minimum wage hikes in the new year. |
| 1:56.2 | A majority are women and about a quarter are parents. |
| 1:59.6 | Andrea Shue and PR News. |
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