All posts tagged "pentagon"
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Federal court orders immediate halt to transgender military ban
Judge Marsha Pechman finds transgender service members likely to succeed in proving Trump's actions unlawful
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Judge rejects Trump’s request to prevent transgender troops from enlisting
Military experts: Claims that Armed Forces aren't ready to accept transgender recruits aren't believable
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Second judge issues order halting Trump’s transgender military ban
Judge Marvin Garbis says administration cannot deny gender confirmation surgery for transgender troops
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Pentagon will pay for transgender soldier’s gender confirmation surgery
Under interim guidance, transgender soldiers are still entitled to the same health benefits as their cisgender peers
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Transgender airman reflects on Trump’s service ban
Sterling Crutcher is just one of thousands of service members who could lose out if transgender ban takes effect
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Federal court hears arguments over injunction to stop transgender military ban
On Thursday, a federal judge in Baltimore heard arguments in a third of four lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s policy of banning transgender military members...
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Congressmen seek White House-Pentagon communications on trans military ban
More than 100 members of Congress have written a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis asking him to provide copies of communications between...
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Trump administration moves to dismiss lawsuit against trans military ban
Government argues that plaintiffs can't claim they've suffered injury when ban hasn't been finalized yet
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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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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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Two additional lawsuits challenge Trump’s transgender military ban
A third lawsuit was previously filed to overturn any attempt to discriminate against trans service members
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Report: White House preparing to tell Pentagon to ban transgender military service
Military experts and LGBTQ advocates say president's concerns about cost of transgender troops are overblown
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Pentagon may amend Trump’s proposed transgender military ban
In his first public comments addressing President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender service members, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted that he and other Pentagon officials...
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Navy professors’ report says trans military ban would cost $960 million
A new report by current and retired professors at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey projects that President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender military members...
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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...
