U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) today joined Mike Russell and Pamela Hughes on KTAR 92.3 FM to discuss his joint oversight report on Pentagon payments to professional sports teams to salute troops at games. Flake and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) identified nearly $7 million in taxpayer-funded contracts between the military and teams that included elements of paid patriotism.