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Army Air National Guard Hangar A Bangor, Maine2:15 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Okay.  And I heard there was some controversy with respect to the current governor.  She never asked me a question.  By the way, you have everything right on tape.  She assured I came here, because when she said I shouldn’t come, I said, “Now I know I’m coming.”  (Laughter.)  I’m like Paul.MR. LEPAGE:  You should see the crowd outside, the crowd that’s gathered outside because you were coming.  It’s unbelievable.THE PRESIDENT:  I hear there’s a big crowd out there, huh?  That’s great.  That’s great.And you folks are going...

A coalition of commercial fishing groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to challenge the creation of a national monument off the coast of New England. President Barack Obama created the monument in September using executive authority under the Antiquities Act. The monument is called the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, and it is made up of nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains. The creation of the monument closed the area to most commercial fishing and has been opposed by fishing groups for months. A coalition of the groups filed their lawsuit Tuesday in federal court....