Barack Obama actually said...

I do hereby proclaim that the lands hereinafter described are excepted from transfer to the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under section 1(a) of the Act.

Context

Proclamation 9077—Reserving Certain Submerged Lands in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

01/14/2014

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