DOJ lodges appeal as military prepares to accept transgender applicants
By Jamie Crawford and Ariane de Vogue, CNN
Updated 8:36 PM ET, Wed December 6, 2017
Washington (CNN)The Defense Department is taking steps to receive transgender recruits into the ranks as soon as January 1, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
"The Deputy Secretary of Defense and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, supported by a panel of experts will propose consideration recommendations supported by appropriate evidence and information for the accession of transgender persons into the military," US Army Maj. Dave Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a written statement.
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