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Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on DOD Transgender Policy
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Assessing the Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly
See id.
Impact of Transgender Personnel on Readiness and Health
Care Costs in the U.S. Military Likely to Be Small
Id.
Id.
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Department of Defense Press Briefing by
Secretary Carter on Transgender Service Policies in the Pentagon Briefing Room
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inter alia
Transgender Service in the U.S. Military: An
Implementation Handbook available at
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Id.
Id.
Id.
See generally id.
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Inside
Trump’s Snap Decision to Ban Transgender Troops
see also, e.g. Transgender Military Ban: The Rise of Anti-LGBT Hate
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Groups in Trump’s White House
Trump Bows to Religious Right, Bans Trans Troops
John
Kelly’s Big Challenge: Controlling the Tweeter in Chief
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Fifty-Six Retired Generals and Admirals Warn that President Trump’s Anti-Transgender Tweets,
if Implemented, Would Degrade Military Readiness
See Statement on Trump Transgender Ban
See Statement by SASC Chairman John McCain on Transgender
Americans in the Military
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Id.
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Id.
Id.
Id.
only
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and
Id.
See Fifty-Six Retired Generals and Admirals Warn that President Trump’s Anti-
Transgender Tweets, if Implemented, Would Degrade Military Readiness supra
significant disruptions
the proposed ban would degrade readiness
Id.
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Id.
See Duckworth Statement on Reports Trump Administration
Directing DOD to Discriminate Against Transgender Servicemembers
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DoD Spends $84M a Year on Viagra, Similar Meds
implementing
See Discharging
Transgender Troops Would Cost $960 Million available at
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