| | The White House and Pentagon on Friday unveiled a new policy on transgender troops that will severely restrict their place in the military. Pentagon officials had a deadline of Friday to put in place the new policy after months of consideration and court challenges. President Trump followed through late Friday and issued orders to ban transgender troops in all but extremely limited cases. "The accession or retention of individuals with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoriaâthose who may require substantial medical treatment, including through medical drugs or surgeryâpresents considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality," the White House said in a statement.
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