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Mattis orders military leaders to allow transgender troops to re-enlist [View all]
The Hill @thehillJUST IN: Mattis orders military leaders to allow transgender troops to re-enlist http://hill.cm/RAI33AE
The Pentagon reportedly issued new guidance on Friday allowing transgender troops currently serving in the military to re-enlist in the coming months as the department weighs how to enforce President Trump's broader ban on their service.
Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a memo to military leaders on Friday that the Pentagon would convene a high-level panel led the deputy Defense secretary and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to determine how to enact Trump's ban on transgender military service, according to The Associated Press.
For now, transgender service members can continue to serve and receive medical care, Mattis said in the memo, a summary of which was obtained by the AP.
read: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/350974-transgender-troops-will-be-able-to-re-enlist-for-time-being-report
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