"the Washington needle' I'll have to start calling it that. You confused me because you reference Washington, DC and Seattle, Washington; which has the Space N

"the Washington needle' I'll have to start calling it that. You confused me because you reference Washington, DC and Seattle, Washington; which has the Space Needle. The USACE completed the original work on the Washington Monument so it makes sense that they would help with the repairs. The US government is a patch work agencies that have historically been used to funnel federal money into state and local projects. Trying to understand the 'reason' an agency does something is usually a maddening history lesson in bureaucracy.