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Should public land remain under federal control?

The fate of several national monument areas will be decided Thursday. In the West, the federal government owns and manages almost half of all land, and public land in the whole country totals about 640 million acres. Some believe more federal lands should be turned over to the states or private buyers, but there is little consensus on how, when, or if that should happen. Jeff Glor reports.
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