The Bush administration is coming under criticism for approving a nearly $500 million sale of eighteen Lockheed Martin fighter jets to Pakistan. The Pentagon quietly announced the deal this week, just days after the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. In a statement, Democratic Senator and presidential hopeful Joe Biden said, “This is the time we should be putting the pressure on the [Pakistani] government and military to fully investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and to hold free and fair elections — not let them off the hook.”