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Presidential Memorandum: Military Service by Transgender Individuals

Excerpt: “[B]y the authority vested in me as President and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States under the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including Article II of the Constitution, I am directing the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the U.S. Coast Guard, to return to the longstanding policy and practice on military service by transgender individuals that was in place prior to June 2016 until such time as a sufficient basis exists upon which to conclude that terminating that policy and practice … would not hinder military effectiveness and lethality, disrupt unit cohesion, or tax military resources .”