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Mattis Wants to Allow Transgender Troops

February 22, 2018 at 4:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “is expected to propose to President Trump that transgender members of the U.S. military be allowed to continue serving despite the president’s call last summer for a ban on all transgender service,” the Washington Post reports.

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