U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has made his recommendations to the White House on transgender individuals serving in the military, the Pentagon said on Friday, after President Donald Trump's call last year for a ban on such service.
Major David Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, said the recommendations had been made earlier on Friday and the White House would make any policy decisions.
The Pentagon did not give details on the recommendations, but the top U.S. general has said transgender troops should not be removed from the military.
Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, last year said that he has urged the Trump administration not to kick transgender service members out of the military.
In September, the Pentagon said it had created a panel of senior officials to study how to implement a directive by Trump to prohibit transgender individuals from serving.
In a move that appealed to his hard-line conservative supporters, Trump announced in July that he would prohibit transgender people from serving in the military, reversing former President Barack Obama's policy of accepting them. Trump said on Twitter at the time that the military "cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail."
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Major David Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, said the recommendations had been made earlier on Friday and the White House would make any policy decisions.
The Pentagon did not give details on the recommendations, but the top U.S. general has said transgender troops should not be removed from the military.
Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, last year said that he has urged the Trump administration not to kick transgender service members out of the military.
In September, the Pentagon said it had created a panel of senior officials to study how to implement a directive by Trump to prohibit transgender individuals from serving.
In a move that appealed to his hard-line conservative supporters, Trump announced in July that he would prohibit transgender people from serving in the military, reversing former President Barack Obama's policy of accepting them. Trump said on Twitter at the time that the military "cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail."
Source :- yahoonews
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