Barack Obama: “I've preserved more than 3 million acres of public lands for future…”

On the recordMay 20, 2014

I've preserved more than 3 million acres of public lands for future generations.

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Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Establishing the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument

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