Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military beginning Jan. 1 despite Trump opposition
Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1  the Pentagon said Monday  as  President Donald Trump's ordered ban  suffered another legal setback.
The new policy reflects the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce  Trump 's demand earlier this year to bar transgender individuals from the military.
Three federal courts have ruled against  the ban   including one Monday in Washington state.
In October  U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly barred the  Trump  administration from proceeding with its plan to exclude transgender people from military service. Part of the effect of the ruling was that the military would be required to allow transgender people to enlist beginning Jan. 1.
However  Elaine Donnelly  president for the Center For Military readiness  said  Trump  "has every right to review  revise  or repeal  his  predecessor's military transgender policies  which would detract from mission readiness and combat lethality." Court judges  she said  are not qualified to run the military.
Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1  the Pentagon said Monday  as  President  [TGT] 's ordered ban  suffered another legal setback.
The new policy reflects the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce  Trump 's demand earlier this year to bar transgender individuals from the military.
Three federal courts have ruled against  the ban   including one Monday in Washington state.
In October  U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly barred the  Trump  administration from proceeding with its plan to exclude transgender people from military service. Part of the effect of the ruling was that the military would be required to allow transgender people to enlist beginning Jan. 1.
However  Elaine Donnelly  president for the Center For Military readiness  said  Trump  "has every right to review  revise  or repeal  his  predecessor's military transgender policies  which would detract from mission readiness and combat lethality." Court judges  she said  are not qualified to run the military.