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Title: RNC sides with Trump ban of transgender people in military
Post by: LanaR on February 02, 2018, 11:53:55 PM
Post by: LanaR on February 02, 2018, 11:53:55 PM
QuoteThe Republican National Committee is siding with President Donald Trump on his order to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.
In a resolution passed at its annual winter meeting Friday, the committee voted to support Trump's August demand that military recruitment policy consider transgender as "a disqualifying psychological and physical" condition
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It's customary for the RNC to pass resolutions supporting the president, especially when policies are challenged in court. There was no public debate on the measure during the RNC's general session Friday.
Full article here (http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-rnc-sides-with-trump-ban-of-transgender-people-in-military-2018-2/?r=AU&IR=T)
Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Feb 2, 2018