US Military Goes on the Hunt for Joseph Kony

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For more than 25 years Joseph Kony has forced thousands of kidnapped children to serve in his Lords Resistance Army.

Kony became a household name when a YouTube video released by the advocacy group Invisible Children focused attention on the abductions and violence.

Now, the US military has joined the hunt for Joseph Kony.

Anchor Marco Werman tlaks to the BBC’s Dan Damon. Damon visited the US base in Obo, Central African Republic.

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