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Which U.S. president directed the Interior Department to officially rename Mount McKinley as Denali in 2015?
Answer
Barack Obama
President Obama directed the change ahead of a 2015 trip to Alaska, restoring the mountain's Athabascan name after decades of political dispute with Ohio lawmakers over the McKinley name.
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North America's Denali was officially called Mount McKinley until 2015, when the U.S. restored its indigenous Athabascan name at President Obama's direction.
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- George W. Bush
- Bill Clinton
- Donald Trump
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- north-america
- presidents
- alaska
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