Pentagon Fights Effort to Put U.S. Sneakers on Recruits
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The Pentagon may have boxed out New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc.’s efforts to put American-made sneakers on the feet of military recruits.
The Senate yesterday cleared a defense bill without a provision requiring the Defense Department to provide recruits with U.S. footwear. The original House version had included the sneaker language though it was left out of the final bill.