On 1/21/2018 8:31 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Just so you can relax, the Trump administration did the right thing:

"The American Forces Network, which broadcasts American radio and
television programming outside the U.S. and uses civilian government
employees, initially said its services would not be available, sparking
angry reactions from viewers eager to see the NFL playoffs Sunday.
Later, though, the Department of Defense said even though the civilian
employees were furloughed two of AFN's eight channels, one for news and
one for sports, would remain on."


Maybe Trump and Mattis read rec.boats.Â* :-)



Here's the official announcement:

AFN American Forces Network


To the world's most deserving viewing audience,

It gives me great pleasure to announce we have been given the authority
to bring back limited television services. As such, we have brought back
two channels -- AFN News and AFN Sports. We will be broadcasting both
the NFC and AFC championships. I thank you for your patience as we work
to provide you what we can within the legal restrictions of the
Government shutdown.

Col Dave Honchul
Director, AFN