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Title: Will Biden Place Political Correctness Ahead of Military Readiness on Transgender Policy?
Post by: rangerrebew on January 22, 2021, 12:07:20 pm

Will Biden Place Political Correctness Ahead of Military Readiness on Transgender Policy?

Thomas Spoehr / January 21, 2021


Thomas W. Spoehr, a retired Army lieutenant general, is director of the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation.

At his Tuesday confirmation hearing, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of defense, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, asked about service by transgendered people in the military, replied that if “you are fit, and you’re qualified to serve, and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve.”

That is indeed the correct answer—but apparently not the path Biden intends to pursue. On Wednesday, new White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced that Biden intends to reverse existing military transgender policy “in the coming days and weeks.”   

The existing policy—that of former President Donald Trump and then-Defense Secretary James Mattis—allowed transgender individuals to serve, provided they did not suffer from a condition called gender dysphoria.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/01/21/will-biden-place-political-correctness-ahead-of-military-readiness-on-transgender-policy/ (https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/01/21/will-biden-place-political-correctness-ahead-of-military-readiness-on-transgender-policy/)

Title: Re: Will Biden Place Political Correctness Ahead of Military Readiness on Transgender Policy?
Post by: Fishrrman on January 22, 2021, 11:33:49 pm

"Will Biden Place Political Correctness Ahead of Military Readiness on Transgender Policy?"

Ol' uncle joe will do what he's told to do by his "advisers".
I doubt he understands nor cares.