Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Sunday said that, while the issue is more complicated than sexual orientation, that ban should be reviewed. Asked by Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week about the policy, Hagel said, “This issue of transgender is a bit more complicated, because it has a medical component to it. These issues require medical attention. Austere locations, where we put our men and women, in many cases don’t always provide that kind of opportunity.
“I do think it continually should be reviewed,” he went on. “I’m open to that, by the way. I’m open to those assessments because, again, I go back to the bottom line: every qualified American who wants to serve our country should have an opportunity, if they fit the qualifications and can do it. This is an area where we’ve not defined enough.”
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Story: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/05/11/3436566/hagel-transgender-ban/