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As Hagel’s departure nears, no review ordered of military’s transgender ban
The Defense Secretary says he believes the military's "transgender issue will be dealt with in a fair way." But will he be the one to...
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Air Force secretary expects review of military’s transgender ban
The military’s longstanding ban on open transgender service is likely to face review within the next year, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said in...
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Hagel urged to act on military’s transgender ban before departure
Chuck Hagel is facing renewed calls to order a review of the military’s longstanding ban on transgender service.
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Commission charts path for open transgender military service
More than three months after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the White House voiced support for a review of the military’s ban on transgender service,...
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Transgender military equality: The plan of attack
Inside the fight for transgender equality in the American military
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White House backs review of military’s transgender ban
The White House signaled their support Friday for a Pentagon review of the military’s longstanding ban on transgender servicemembers. Asked by Metro Weekly if President...
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Hagel says military’s transgender ban should be reviewed
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel indicated his openness to reviewing the military’s longstanding ban on transgender servicemembers. “I do think it continually should be reviewed,”...
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Independent commission finds no justification for military’s transgender ban
There is no compelling medical rationale for banning transgender people from serving in the American military, an independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon...
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Extension of same-sex military benefits off to rough start
The Pentagon’s extension of benefits to same-sex military families continues to face setbacks and roadblocks one month after the updated policy was implemented, now with...
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Little federal response to states blocking same-sex military benefits
Oklahoma became the latest state to stand in defiance of a Pentagon order by halting the processing of requests for benefits from members of the...
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Obama administration to extend full veterans’ benefits to same-sex military families
At the direction of the president, the Obama administration will no longer enforce portions of United States Code that deny veterans’ benefits to same-sex military...
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Bradley Manning, sentenced to 35 years, faces uncertain future in military prison
Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday by a military judge to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000 government files to Wikileaks in one...
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Pentagon extends benefits, including marriage leave, to same-sex military families
Same-sex families will receive equal treatment by the military in less than one month’s time, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. In a memo dated Aug. 13...
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House Republicans try again to ban same-sex weddings on military bases
A handful of Republicans on Capitol Hill are again attempting to write discrimination into U.S. military code with a bill introduced in the House of...
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Charlie Morgan Act seeks full benefits for same-sex military families
Coming on the heels of the Pentagon’s decision earlier this week to extend certain benefits to same-sex military families, members of the House and Senate...
