The Pentagon can now only buy American flags made in the U.S.

By Mark Berman, Washington Post

American flags purchased by the U.S. military must be completely made in America. As of Friday.

It’s the sort of thing that seems like it would have been formalized already. There’s a rule that governs what the Pentagon can purchase and where these things must originate, a rule that didn’t use to cover American flags.

The new policy says that American flags, “including the materials and components thereof,” have to be made in the United States … more

 

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