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International Business Times
Vidhya Ck

Pentagon Moves To Remove 1,000 Transgender Troops After Supreme Court Ruling

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to discharge transgender service members who do not voluntarily exit by June 6. (Credit: AFP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to begin discharging transgender service members who do not voluntarily leave by June 6.

The directive, released Thursday, marks a swift response by the Trump administration to a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows the enforcement of a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military, Associated Press reported.

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