Fact-checking Trump’s reasons for a transgender military ban
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The White House asked the Defense Department to finalize new rules trans service members.
Following a tweet from President Trump that said transgender people would not be allowed to serve in the military, the White House issued a memorandum on Friday asking the Defense Department to finalize new rules about what to do with existing trans service members within the next six months. William Brangham discusses the new directive with Agnes Gereben Schaefer of the RAND Corporation.
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Fact-checking Trump’s reasons for a transgender military ban
Clip: 8/28/2017 | 4m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Following a tweet from President Trump that said transgender people would not be allowed to serve in the military, the White House issued a memorandum on Friday asking the Defense Department to finalize new rules about what to do with existing trans service members within the next six months. William Brangham discusses the new directive with Agnes Gereben Schaefer of the RAND Corporation.
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