A Washington senator told NPR she had never seen anyone in Alabama build anything. Mobile’s mayor, a county commissioner and a candidate for governor lined up to correct her, and to defend the tanker bid.
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Shelby Presses Senate to Restore Funding for Tanker That Could Be Built in Mobile
Alabama’s senior senator warned a Senate defense panel in July 2006 that cutting $203.9 million from the KC-135 tanker replacement program would delay a contract that could bring aircraft work to Mobile.