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Pentagon still awaiting White House guidance on transgender military ban
Source: ABC News
Pentagon still awaiting White House guidance on transgender military ban
By ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN Jul 31, 2017, 1:55 PM ET
The Pentagon still has not received guidance from the White House since President Trump tweeted that transgender individuals may not serve in the U.S. military, the Pentagon confirmed Monday.
"What we saw was what amounts to an announcement from the commander in chief," Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said of the series of tweets that Trump posted last Wednesday, in which he wrote that "no transgender individuals" will be allowed "to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military."
We are now in the process of waiting for that to be formally articulated to us in a policy memo. We'll be standing by to make that happen," Davis said.
Last week Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a memo to military commanders, "There will be no modifications to the current policy until the president's direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance."
"We are awaiting formal guidance," Davis told reporters, adding that the Pentagon has reason to believe it will get a formal direction in writing from the White House.
By ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN Jul 31, 2017, 1:55 PM ET
The Pentagon still has not received guidance from the White House since President Trump tweeted that transgender individuals may not serve in the U.S. military, the Pentagon confirmed Monday.
"What we saw was what amounts to an announcement from the commander in chief," Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said of the series of tweets that Trump posted last Wednesday, in which he wrote that "no transgender individuals" will be allowed "to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military."
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We are now in the process of waiting for that to be formally articulated to us in a policy memo. We'll be standing by to make that happen," Davis said.
Last week Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a memo to military commanders, "There will be no modifications to the current policy until the president's direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance."
"We are awaiting formal guidance," Davis told reporters, adding that the Pentagon has reason to believe it will get a formal direction in writing from the White House.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-awaiting-white-house-guidance-transgender-military-ban/story?id=48950918
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Pentagon still awaiting White House guidance on transgender military ban (Original Post)
Eugene
Jul 2017
OP
Trump doesn't care it was just more bullshit he is shoveling over his gibbering adulators.
Thomas Hurt
Jul 2017
#1
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. Trump doesn't care it was just more bullshit he is shoveling over his gibbering adulators.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)2. Good I hope the WH stays so incompetent they don't put the policy out ever. Odds are they are on
to something else now with thier attention span
safeinOhio
(32,461 posts)3. It might be up to
Kelly now.