Kansas Republican Invokes “Cool Hand Luke” Over Air Force Tanker Contract
Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) says the issue involving the WTO, the EU, Airbus and the U.S. military was like the movie “Cool Hand Luke. Says Roberts, “what we have here is a failure to communicate.” (0:38)
November 18, 2009
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