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Illustration on the dangers of honest reporting in the current political climate by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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A golden eagle is shown in this undated, handout photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (AP Photo/US Fish and Wildlife Service) ** FILE **

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U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, left, listens to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge manager Kimberly Hayes, right, while in a look-out tower during a tour of the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Townsend, Ga., Thursday, June 26, 2014. Jewell announced Thursday that the federal government is upgrading the wood stork to a "threatened" species, a step up from endangered that indicates the birds are no longer considered at risk of extinction. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, a BNSF Railway train hauls crude oil near Wolf Point, Mont. The U.S. Department of Transportation ordered railroads last month to give state officials specifics on oil train routes and volumes so emergency responders can better prepare for accidents. North Dakota's State Emergency Response Commission unanimously voted to release the state's information Wednesday June 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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** FILE ** Marines with Dam Security Unit, Bravo Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, and attached to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conduct a boat patrol on the Euphrates River near Haditha Dam in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, April 30, 2006. (U.S. Marine Corps.)

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President Obama is scheduled to address the powerful League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday night, one year to the day after laying out his ambitious climate change agenda during a speech at Georgetown University. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)