The Pebble denial (temporary as it may be), more importantly, happened on someone's watch who really, really cared: Lisa Murkowski, Swamp Poster Child. She undoubtedly applied intense pressure for a negative USACE position (as in, "DENIAL! or your military career is over). She began eating with chop sticks some time back. Her political career is over now that she's exposed, but doing a ton of damage to the US in the mean time. Come on Alaska, how about a recall campaign? She's bankrupting your state.