Sentence:  The Bush-Cheney re-election campaign will send a high-profile team of surrogates to both Iowa and New Hampshire in the coming days to train and motivate Republican activists and to "<WSD>show the flag</WSD>" in states in which the Democratic presidential race has dominated political debate. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To represent one's country or some other group in a manner intended to suggest the authority or importance of that country or group.