obama officially renamed mt. mckinley. the mountain was originally named after -- well, originally officially named after ohioan william mckinley in 1896, by a gold prospector who admired the then-candidate's support for the gold standard, which was incidentally a terrible idea. president mckinley never visited alaska and they have long called it denali and have sought to have its official name changed. for decades, a below the surface proxy war, ohio's presidential delegation has successfully fought off attempts to take mckinley's name off the peak by the alaskan delegation. until now, president obama, issuing an executive order returning it to its native name, denali. a step to reflect the heritage of alaskan natives. and while alaskan senator lisa murkowski thanked the president for the decision, ohio senator rob portman blasted it as another example of the president going around congress. speaker of the house john boehner who represents ohio said he was deeply disappointed in this decision. all of this as the president makes his very first visit to alaska to highlight the effects