The U.S. military is officially banned from using flags made in China, or anywhere outside the U.S. The ban authored by Rep. Mike Thompson, was hitched to the 2014 omnibus appropriations bill, that was recently signed into law.
The new regulation means U.S. military flags can’t come from China and applies a 1941 law that bans the Defense Department from purchasing most military products overseas, except in the rarest of circumstances.
A separate measure that would have mandated that all flags bought by the government — not just by the Defense Department — come from domestic manufacturers failed, CBS reported. Still, veterans are hailing the new ban as a win.-Washington Times.
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