Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke to reporters yesterday at the Pentagon about transgender service.
Mattis said that he and his staff are still studying the issue, including how having transgender service members affects other members of their units.
Speaking in Bridgewater, NJ, yesterday, the twit-in-chief displayed his ineptitude and according to one source, further compromised his military authority.
Quinnipiac University released poll results last Thursday that found that 68% of American voters believe that transgender people should be allowed to serve openly in the military. That includes 55% of voters in military households and 72% of independent voters.
A Guidance Policy for Open Transgender Service Phase Out is the title of an August 4 directive cleared by White House Counsel to be sent to SecDef Mattis for his review and implementation.
Mattis has released his own memorandum which:
Last Wednesday night, as the vote on "skinny repeal" was ongoing, Kirstin Gilliland was seen working the chamber to get signatories to a letter she had written. She got 45 of them, 44 democrats plus Susan Collins.
Alex Wagner is the former chief of staff to the 22nd secretary of the Army. He teaches a course at Georgetown Law on LGBTQ issues and is a fellow at the Truman National Security Project.
Wagner writes today at Slate: Trump’s Trans Troops Ban Would Require a Cruel and Exorbitantly Expensive Witch Hunt
Dr. Christine McGinn was senior flight surgeon at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station, north of Philadelphia. Once upon a time she was flight surgeon for two NASA space shuttle missions.
She was interviewed by Michael Smerconish on CNN.
McGinn transitioned beginning in 2000. She now operates the Papillon Center in New Hope, PA, which offers comprehensive gender reassignment services.
Forces seem to think that the presence of transgender troops is disruptive and medical treatment of transgender troops is too costly.
A week ago I shared the news that two dozen republican members of the house refused to participate in the public transphobia of amending the Defense budget to remove medical treatment of transgender military troops.
