"In the long term, certainly anything that the federal government can do to expedite the creation and ... construction of power plants, of transmission lines will improve the situation, " said Tim Gallagher, NERC manager for technical services.

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Meanwhile, Iraq needed food, technical support, appliances, automobiles and, perhaps most importantly, engineering services to build and improve its infrastructure, all of these things that the Brazilians were not only able but eager to offer.

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