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Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis
LBN thread: Mattis orders Pentagon to allow transgender troops to continue serving, pending study
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Source: Reuters
#POLITICSAUGUST 29, 2017 / 8:17 PM / 3 HOURS AGO
Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday current policy regarding transgender personnel serving in the military would remain in place until he advises President Donald Trump on how to implement his directive on a transgender ban.
Mattis said in a statement he would set up a panel of experts serving in the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to provide recommendations on implementing the ban.
He said he would advise the president after the panel reports it recommendations, and “in the interim, current policy with respect to currently serving members will remain in place.”
Trump signed a memorandum on Friday directing the U.S. military not to accept transgender men and women as recruits and halting the use of government funds for sex-reassignment surgeries for active personnel unless the process is already under way.
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Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday current policy regarding transgender personnel serving in the military would remain in place until he advises President Donald Trump on how to implement his directive on a transgender ban.
Mattis said in a statement he would set up a panel of experts serving in the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to provide recommendations on implementing the ban.
He said he would advise the president after the panel reports it recommendations, and “in the interim, current policy with respect to currently serving members will remain in place.”
Trump signed a memorandum on Friday directing the U.S. military not to accept transgender men and women as recruits and halting the use of government funds for sex-reassignment surgeries for active personnel unless the process is already under way.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-transgender-idUSKCN1BA016
