Hegseth initiates ban on transgender troops after Supreme Court ruling

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Hegseth initiates ban on transgender troops after Supreme Court ruling

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, acting swiftly on this week’s Supreme Court order permitting the Trump administration to ban transgender troops from the military, said Thursday that those service members will have between 30 and 60 days to leave voluntarily or be forced out.“This is the president’s agenda, this is what the American people voted for,” Hegseth said on social media announcing his directive, which is expected to bring an abrupt end to the careers of potentially thousands of service members.About 1,000 troops have self-identified as having a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, the Pentagon said in a statement accompanying Hegseth’s memo ..