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Article: Bald eagle nips at hand that honors it: Clinton takes bird off endangered list.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 3, 1999
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Just in time for the Fourth of July, America's national bird - the bald eagle - is flying off the endangered species list.
"The American bald eagle is now back from the brink of extinction, thriving in virtually every state of the union," President Clinton said yesterday. "I can think of no better way to honor the birth of our nation than by celebrating the rebirth of our proudest living symbol."
Mr. Clinton started the process of removing the eagle from the special list, a process that will take a year. The bald eagle at the ceremony, Challenger, perhaps impatient to be officially taken off the list, took a nip at the president's hand.
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