All posts tagged "service members"
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Pentagon’s guidance says transgender troops will be able to re-enlist through February
New guidance released last week by the Pentagon will allow currently serving transgender service members to re-enlist in the next several months until the Department...
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Republicans block Gillibrand-Collins amendment to defense bill
Senate Republican leaders blocked a bipartisan amendment to the annual defense bill that would have stopped the Pentagon from implementing the bulk of President Trump’s...
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LGBTQ groups in second lawsuit against Trump trans ban seek injunction
The LGBTQ organizations behind a second lawsuit challenging President Trump’s ban on transgender military members have asked for a federal court to issue an injunction...
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ACLU requests “immediate halt” to Trump’s transgender military ban
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a motion asking a judge to to “immediately halt” the Trump administration’s ban on out transgender service members...
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Mattis temporarily halts transgender military ban for further study
Pentagon and Homeland Security to convene panel of experts to determine how best to implement ban
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Congress to Trump: Trans ban “questions professionalism” of service members
Letter compares ban to past attempts to exclude certain groups from military service
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Log Cabin to Defense Department: Keep letting transgender troops serve
The Log Cabin Republicans is lending its voice to the chorus of those opposed to President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender service members. On Tuesday,...
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Trump: I’m doing the military “a great favor” by pushing transgender ban
President Donald Trump is defending his proposed ban on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military, claiming that he’s doing the military a favor, reports...
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Trump’s transgender military ban “ignorant” and “cowardly”
Critics say president's decision is motivated by political concerns
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Military members refute Trump’s criticisms of transgender troops
"He’s a bigot, he’s a vile man, and he shouldn’t be...leading our nation.”
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Pentagon lifts ban on transgender military service
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has announced that the Department of Defense, and all branches of the military, will repeal the current policy banning transgender...
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Military to lift ban on transgender service on July 1
Details of and timeline for implementation yet to be finalized, but will be decided in the coming days
