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Report: Badgers, Packers, Brewers among recipients of military’s ‘paid patriotism’

The University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Wisconsin Army National Guard for ceremonies honoring soldiers and their families, renditions of “God Bless America” and other military promotions, according to a report from two senators who deride the marketing strategy as “paid patriotism.”