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Mattis Puts Trump's Transgender Military Ban On Hold For Current Soldiers
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August 31, 2017
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5:35Now PlayingJim Mattis isn’t seeing eye to eye with Trump on this. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has said that transgender people already in the military will continue to be allowed to serve pending a study on President Donald Trump's proposed ban.
Mr Mattis said he would create a panel of experts "to provide advice and recommendations" on the implementation of the measure.
Mr Trump justified the ban on grounds of cost and disruption.
But the move faces a legal challenge by transgender rights activists.
Mr Trump signed on Friday a memo reinstating a ban on transgender people serving in the military, which was lifted under President Barack Obama.
But he left Mr Mattis to decide whether those already in the armed forces would be allowed to continue to serve.”*
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