{"id":71140,"date":"2015-07-17T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T20:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=71140"},"modified":"2015-07-17T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T20:30:27","slug":"the-tranny-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=71140","title":{"rendered":"The Tranny Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tranny-army-300x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tranny-army-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"tranny-army-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Associated Press has learned that Pentagon leaders are finalizing plans aimed at lifting the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.<br \/>\nSenior U.S. officials say an announcement is expected this week. They say the military would have six months to determine the impact and work out details, with the presumption that they would end one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service.<br \/>\nThe officials say that during the transition, transgender individuals would still not be able to join the military. Decisions to force out those already serving would have to be referred to a top Defense Department leader.<br \/>\nSeveral officials familiar with the planning spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue before the details have been worked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Associated Press has learned that Pentagon leaders are finalizing plans aimed at lifting the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military. Senior U.S. officials say an announcement is expected this week. 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