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A wave of executive orders to shake up Pentagon

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A wave of executive orders to shake up Pentagon

President Trump is expected to sign four executive orders that would shake up the military, impacting transgender people in the ranks and reinstating service members booted for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Among the orders would be those that banned transgender service members from openly serving in the U.S. military, cutting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs within the ranks, and reinstating individuals kicked out for refusing the coronavirus vaccine — with full backpay and benefits.

Trump has already revoked an executive order signed by former President Biden in 2021 that allowed transgender people to serve and prevented the military from discharging soldiers because of their gender identity. Trump also signed a sweeping executive order recognizing only two genders, male and female.

Monday’s executive order builds on those efforts, directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who previously criticized allowing transgender people to serve, to outline new military readiness requirements that declare transgender troops are not physically or mentally capable of doing so. It tasks........

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