- Title: Details of U.S. military transgender policy being worked out - White House
- Date: 26th July 2017
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JULY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY SARAH SANDERS: "The President has a lot of support for all Americans and certainly wants to protect all Americans at all times. The President's expressed concern since this Obama policy came into effect, but he's also voiced that this is a very expensive and disruptive policy. And based on consultation that he's had with his national security team, came to the conclusion that it erodes military readiness and unit cohesion, and made the decision based on that."
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- Keywords: Department of Defense White House transgender LGBT rights military Sarah Sanders tweet Twitter U.S. President Donald Trump
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics
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- Story Text: President Donald Trump's decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. armed forces was a military decision, and the White House will have to work with the Pentagon to decide how to implement the policy, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday (July 26).
"Implementation of the policy is going to be something that the White House and the Department of Defense have to work together to lawfully determine and... I would imagine the Department of Defense will be the lead on that," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told a briefing.
Trump said on Wednesday he would ban transgender people from the U.S. military, an action appealing to some in his conservative political base, but sowing confusion about the fate of thousands of transgender service members. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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