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The American bald eagle is back after a four-decade fight for survival. The government has just declared that the national symbol no longer requires the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act.
“Today I am proud to announce the eagle has returned,” Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proclaimed at a ceremony near the Jefferson Memorial on Thursday.
The bird had been reclassified in 1995 from endangered to threatened; the Interior Department
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