Made-in-China US Olympic uniforms debacle

Ralph Lauren's stylish uniforms for the US Olympic team, complete with a jaunty beret, have sparked a political row because the red, white and blue outfits were made in China. Following the row, the US Olympic Committee will be changing its policy so as to make the now China-made Team USA's uniforms in the country itself by the next summer games, in 2014. Ralph Lauren, the official maker of the Olympic uniforms, made the pledge in a statement. [Text: Reuters and ANI]

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(l-r) Savannah Guthrie, Natalie Morales, Al Roker, David Lauren, US women's soccer team player Heather Mitts and US fencer Tim Morehouse appear on NBC News' 'Today' show. Ralph Lauren Corp said in a statement it "promises to lead the conversation within our industry and our government addressing the issue of increasing manufacturing in the United States and has committed to producing the Opening and Closing ceremony Team USA uniforms in the ... more
(l-r) Savannah Guthrie, Natalie Morales, Al Roker, David Lauren, US women's soccer team player Heather Mitts and US fencer Tim Morehouse appear on NBC News' 'Today' show. Ralph Lauren Corp said in a statement it "promises to lead the conversation within our industry and our government addressing the issue of increasing manufacturing in the United States and has committed to producing the Opening and Closing ceremony Team USA uniforms in the United States that will be worn for the 2014 Olympic Games." (Photo by: Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images) less