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"&lt;img alt=\"1007_Chuck-Hagel_football_tmz_composite\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/10/07/1007-chuck-hagel-football-tmz-composite-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;U.S. troops just scored a major military victory -- the right to watch NFL games again -- because the top dude at the Pentagon has done an about-face ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told ... Defense Secretary&lt;strong&gt; Chuck Hagel&lt;/strong&gt; is ordering certain furloughed employees at the Dept. of Defense to return to work ... and that includes the Armed Forces Network -- which had to stop broadcasting games because its staff was furloughed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we reported ... during Fox's football coverage yesterday,&amp;#160; &lt;strong&gt;Howie Long&lt;/strong&gt; slammed the government shutdown&amp;#160; ... for curtailing the football broadcasts and damaging service members' morale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hagel says Pentagon officials decided they could end furloughs \"for employees whose responsibilities contribute to the morale, well-being, capabilities and readiness of service members.\"&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The order is effective immediately -- the AFN is already getting its broadcast operations back up to speed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday Night Football is on, baby."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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