| | The Army and Marine Corps are requesting delays in implementing a policy to accept transgender applicants into their ranks, according to government officials. The services had been given a July 1 deadline to develop policies to recruit and commission transgender troops. Under a policy enacted last year during the Obama administration, the Pentagon has allowed transgender troops in the ranks to continue serving; they previously had been banned from the military based on health reasons.
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