By "region", we can only assume he meant George Bush's home state of Texas, where the jobs of 5000 workers at Lockheed Martin Corporation's F-16 factory are on the line due to declining orders.
The decision undermines more than two decades of sanctions imposed because of Pakistan's clandestine nuclear program and 1999 military coup. The nuclear program is no longer clandestine and the military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, is an ally in the war against militant Islamists. He might even co-operate in a looming conflict with neighbouring Iran, so praise God and pass the ammunition.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0328-23.htm
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Vera Gottlieb