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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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