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President Biden to Sign Executive Order Reversing Trump's Ban on Transgender People Joining the Military
1 month ago | By Time
President Joe Biden is signing an order Monday reversing a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military.
The new order, which Biden is expected to sign in the Oval Office during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office. It immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.
Biden's order says that gender identity should not be a bar to military service.
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Biden Erases More Of Trump's Presidency By Overturning Transgender Military Ban
1 month ago | By Politicus USA
President has signed an executive order overturning Trump's unpopular transgender military ban, as the President continues to erase Trump.
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Biden Reverses Trump's Transgender Military Ban
1 month ago | By Forbes
“All Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve,” the new president says.
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Biden reverses Trump's ban on transgender people enlisting in the military
1 month ago | By CNBC
President Biden signed an executive order reversing his predecessor's ban on transgender people enlisting in the U.S. military.
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Joe Biden signs executive order ending Trump's ban on transgender troops in the US military
1 month ago | By RT
President Joe Biden has overturned his predecessor's ban on transgender troops in the US military, signing an executive order declaring that all Americans who are qualified to serve will be allowed to enlist.
Biden has signed the EO reversing Trump's transgender military ban, per a just released fact sheet from the White House.
"President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America's strength is found in its diversity." pic.twitter.com/z1J0vNEfTC - Chris Johnson January 25, 2021
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Biden Signs Executive Order Reversing Ban on Transgender Individuals Serving in Military
1 month ago | By Newsweek
"President Biden signed today an executive order that sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve," the White House wrote in a statement announcing the reversal.
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