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![Congress Seeks To Ban Military-Sponsored NFL Salutes](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1454860503419099431.jpg)
Congress Seeks To Ban Military-Sponsored NFL SalutesIn May, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz) and NJ.com revealed that those salutes to the troops, so omnipresent at football games, are no mere gesture of appreciation. They’re advertising, and the Department of Defense has paid the NFL more than $6 million over the last four seasons to honor the troops with c...
![A Civilian's Guide To The U.S. Military](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1263605212749343921.png)
A Civilian's Guide To The U.S. MilitaryWe Americans love a lot of things about ourselves, and perhaps nothing more so than our military. Like many things about the U.S., it’s bigger than its international equivalents, with a budget that is larger than the next eight largest military budgets in the world combined. It has a footprint in al...
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