{"id":13585,"date":"2012-07-13T03:07:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T03:07:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-13T03:07:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T03:07:45","slug":"USA-Olympic-team-uniforms-made-in-China","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13585","title":{"rendered":"USA Olympic team uniforms made in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Uniforms for U.S. Olympic athletes are American red, white and blue \u2014 but made in China.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Republicans and Democrats railed today about the U.S. Olympic Committee\u2019s decision to dress the U.S. team in Chinese manufactured berets, blazers and pants while the American textile industry struggles economically with many U.S. workers desperate for jobs. <\/p>\n<p>House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters at her weekly news conference that she\u2019s proud of the nation\u2019s Olympic athletes, but \u201cthey should be wearing uniforms that are made in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said simply of the USOC, \u201cYou\u2019d think they\u2019d know better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a statement, the U.S. Olympic Committee defended the choice of designer Ralph Lauren for the clothing at the London Games, which begin later this month.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><object name=\"kaltura_player_1342195515\" id=\"kaltura_player_1342195515\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowNetworking=\"all\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" height=\"221\" width=\"392\" data=\"http:\/\/cdnapi.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/0_ducnf0zm\/uiconf_id\/6501231\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/cdnapi.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/0_ducnf0zm\/uiconf_id\/6501231\"\/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"referer=http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/WNT\/video\/us-olympic-team-uniforms-made-china-16758952&#038;autoPlay=false\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\">video platform<\/a><br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/video_platform\/video_management\">video management<\/a><br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/solutions\/video_solution\">video solutions<\/a><br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/video_platform\/video_publishing\">video player<\/a><\/object><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uniforms for U.S. Olympic athletes are American red, white and blue \u2014 but made in China. 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