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Hagel backs review of U.S. military ban on transgender troops
Reuters ^ | May 11, 2014 | Will Dunham

Posted on 05/11/2014 10:44:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday the U.S. military should review its ban on allowing transgender people to serve openly in the armed forces, saying that "every qualified American" should have an opportunity to serve.

President Barack Obama has made lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights a priority during his time in office, and in 2010 signed legislation ending the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that had prevented gay men and women from serving openly in the military.

Hagel did not make clear whether he felt the ban on transgender troops should be reversed.

"The issue of transgender is a bit more complicated because it has a medical component to it," Hagel told ABC's "This Week" program. "These issues require medical attention. Austere locations where we put our men and women in many cases don't always provide that kind of opportunity."

But in backing a review of the ban, Hagel said: "I'm open to those assessments because, again, I go back to the bottom line: every qualified American who wants to serve our country should have an opportunity if they fit the qualifications and can do it."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hagel; homosexualagenda; military; obama
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Would I enlist if I were 18 again? What do you think?
1 posted on 05/11/2014 10:44:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 05/11/2014 10:49:38 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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Would I enlist if I were 18 again? What do you think?

I did 20 years, and I am pretty sure I wouldn't do it again.

3 posted on 05/11/2014 10:51:44 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Doesn’t every American deserve to serve on President Obama’s cabinet first?


4 posted on 05/11/2014 10:52:39 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

BRING BACK DADT

at the very least

gays need to join the Piece Corps , not the U.S. Armed Forces . never a good thing .


5 posted on 05/11/2014 10:53:08 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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America needs to be led by warriors , not lawyers

we need to change everything that has happened , sooner , not later .


6 posted on 05/11/2014 10:54:25 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They are bound and determined to turn the military into an effeminate social petri dish for every degenerate theory they heard in college.


7 posted on 05/11/2014 10:55:16 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: LeoWindhorse

Two and a half more years of this, there’ll be nothing left to save.


8 posted on 05/11/2014 10:57:15 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Jeff Chandler

What a cute image, I’m stealing that for later :-)


9 posted on 05/11/2014 11:06:29 PM PDT by Bobalu (What cannot be programmed cannot be physics)
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To: blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; ...

Active Duty ping.


11 posted on 05/11/2014 11:26:58 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Jeff Chandler; Mark17; Darteaus94025; LeoWindhorse; SpaceBar; Argus; F15Eagle

What’s left for the left to conquer?

- They own the schools
- they own the media
- they own the institutions
- they own entertainment
- they own the foundations created by capitalists
- they now own sports
- now they’re consolidating the takeover of the military
- and they have all the corporations and businesses and even the churches running scared

Have I forgotten anything?

Antonio Gramsci is smiling in his grave.


12 posted on 05/12/2014 12:59:32 AM PDT by aquila48
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BRING BACK DADT

Ahem. That was just a step in the direction we're taking now.

14 posted on 05/12/2014 2:15:40 AM PDT by Salman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes sir! Uh, Maam, uh, sir, uh, Maam, uh, sir.......


15 posted on 05/12/2014 2:36:16 AM PDT by GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco (I love liberals. They taste like chicken.)
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So sad. Klinger could have been a General by now.


16 posted on 05/12/2014 2:48:01 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have bipolar disorder and take meds for it.

Would I be able to join the service? My guess is no.

So why should these mentally ill transsexuals be able to join?

They’re more messed up than me!


17 posted on 05/12/2014 3:13:26 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Well......Bye.)
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It used to actually be difficult to join the armed forces. No diploma? Sorry. Criminal record of any kind? Nope. Major or even many minor medical conditions? Uh-uh. Known homosexual or pervert? Forget it. Belong to a gang or Nazi/KKK/terror group? No way! Not a high enough IQ? You’re not for us. Credit or debt problems? Probably not getting in. Colorblind? Many occupations not open to you.


18 posted on 05/12/2014 3:20:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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It ain’t my grandfather’s Navy!


19 posted on 05/12/2014 3:25:53 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Well......Bye.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

May the Lord bring His Divine Justice upon this country quickly. And severely.


20 posted on 05/12/2014 3:59:24 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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