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Obama Designates 1st Marine National Monument In The Atlantic Ocean

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The first national marine monument in the Atlantic is designed to permanently protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/AP)
The first national marine monument in the Atlantic is designed to permanently protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/AP)

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