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Salud Ortiz Carbajal: Transgender individuals are already serving in the military. And not once during any hearing did I hear military leaders…

On the recordApril 11, 2018
Transgender individuals are already serving in the military. And not once during any hearing did I hear military leaders citing transgender service members as a threat to our military readiness.
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Salud Ortiz Carbajal
Democratic · California

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Highlighting that transgender service members do not threaten military readiness.

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