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Obama creates world’s largest marine monument

By Susan Crabtree

Published August 26, 2016 4:06am ET

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Obama creates world’s largest marine monument — President Obama on Friday will expand a marine national monument off the Northwest Hawaiian Islands to make it the world's largest marine protected area, encompassing nearly 600,000 square miles and thousands of species of sea life, including endangered sea turtles, whales and black coral beds. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

President Obama on Friday will expand a marine national monument off the Northwest Hawaiian Islands to make it the world’s largest marine protected area, encompassing nearly 600,000 square miles and thousands of species of sea life, including endangered sea turtles, whales and black coral beds.

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