Coast Guard chief to transgender personnel: 'I will not turn my back'
Source: Politico
The head of the Coast Guard is pledging he “will not break faith” with transgender personnel, marking the strongest rebuttal yet by a leader of the armed forces to President Donald Trump's declaration that he wants to ban all transgender troops.
Commandant Paul Zukunft, in remarks to a Washington think tank on Tuesday, cited the story of Coast Guard Lt. Taylor Miller, who was featured last week in The Washington Post, to express his support for transgender members of his service.
“I told Taylor I will not turn my back,” Zukunft told the Center for Strategic and International Studies forum. “We have made an investment in you and you have made an investment in the Coast Guard, and I will not break faith.”
The Coast Guard is part of DHS but in wartime can be transferred to the Navy by the president or Congress.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/01/transgender-military-ban-trump-coast-guard-chief-react-241206
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