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Redskins name snarls effort to get D.C. stadium

ESPN.com | July 1, 2015

Related Topics: Washington Redskins, Muriel Bowser, Sally Jewell, Washington, D.C., National Park Service

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  • Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service won't grant the District of Columbia a new lease for the site of the Washington Redskins' old stadium in part because Interior Secretary Sally Jewell opposes the team's name.

Jewell reiterated that position during a meeting in late April with Mayor Muriel Bowser, Interior Department spokeswoman Jessica Kershaw said.

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