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Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey Jewell (born February 21, 1956) is a British-American business executive and environmentalist who served as the 51st United States secretary of the interior in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. Jewell was born in London and moved to the United States at age three.
On August 30, 2015, Sally Jewell announced that the mountain would be renamed Denali, under authority of federal law which permits her as Secretary of the Interior to name geographic features if the Board on Geographic Names does not act within a "reasonable" period of time. In media interviews, Jewell cited the board's failure to act on the ...
Secretary of Labor 11 2001 Taiwan: Republican Bush Jr. [1] [29] 16 Mel Martínez: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 13 Cuba [1] 17 Carlos Gutierrez* Secretary of Commerce: 10 2005 Cuba [30] [31] 18 Sally Jewell: Secretary of the Interior 8 2013 United Kingdom Democratic Obama [32] (15) Elaine Chao* Secretary of Transportation: 14 2017 ...
"The Secretary shall subsequently update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to reflect the renaming and reinstatement of Mount McKinley. ... Interior Sec. Sally Jewell issued an order ...
The name was formally recognized by the U.S. government until 2015, when Obama's Interior secretary, Sally Jewell, announced the renaming of the peak to Denali "in recognition of the traditions of Alaska Natives and the strong support of the people of Alaska.” The state had had a longstanding request for the mountain to be renamed Denali but ...
The Secretary will update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and ensure that all federal documents reflect the new name. [1] The Secretary of the Interior is encouraged to seek public and intergovernmental input regarding other figures or landmarks that could be honored, particularly in light of America's upcoming 250th anniversary. [1]
Deb Haaland, the 54th U.S. Secretary of the Interior speaks before President Joe Biden formally apologized for abuses committed against Native boarding school students over the past century during ...
U.S. President Joe Biden holds the hand of Deb Haaland, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, before signing a proclamation to designate the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National ...