ASHBURN, VA. -- The Commanders ' return to Washington is finally official as the District of Columbia Council voted in favor of the measure once more -- an expected outcome given its vote more than a month ago.

The Council voted 11-2 on Wednesday to approve the RFK Stadium Project, allowing the team to return to the site it called home for more than three decades.

But a vote that had been considered a formality included last-minute requests that Commanders president Mark Clouse said could have jeopardized the agreement.

The Council already had approved the measure in a 9-3 vote on Aug. 1. After that vote, the Commanders were able to start planning their next steps to build a stadium on the site. However, earlier Wednesday, Clouse sent a letter to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson expres

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