Washington (CNN) The Department of Defense announced Sunday that it will show sports programming, including NFL playoff games, during the government shutdown after receiving complaints for stripping deployed troops of that service. "We will continue to find solutions to support our troops at home and abroad. Congress must come to a resolution, support our troops and pass a budget soon,"White said two of the eight channels available on American Forces Network will be available, news and sports. The network relies entirely on civilian government employees, who were furloughed because of the shutdown , she said. "With minimal manning, we can keep the sports channel up without incurring any additional cost or manpower-complying with shutdown guidance."

Source: CNN January 21, 2018 18:45 UTC