This is an important amendment to advance the readiness of our fighting force and save precious taxpayer money. Repeal of the policy Institute Last summer by then secretary of Defense Ash Carter without any input from members of congress which allowed transgender individuals to serve and be recruited in the military. This policy is illconceived and contrary to our goals of decreasing troop readiness and addressing budget shortfalls of the past. By recruiting and allowing individuals to serve openly in our military we are suggesting tax subjecting taxpayers to high medical costs including an average of 130,000 per transition surgery lifetime hormone treatments and additional surgery to address the average 25 of individuals who experience complications in addition to possible Mental Health issues and cost of training. The surgeries alone are estimated to cost one point 35 billion over the next 10 years and that is with the assumption of only 30 of individuals in transition. That money co
This is an important amendment to advance the readiness of our fighting force and save precious taxpayer money. Repeal of the policy Institute Last summer by then secretary of Defense Ash Carter without any input from members of congress which allowed transgender individuals to serve and be recruited in the military. This policy is illconceived and contrary to our goals of decreasing troop readiness and addressing budget shortfalls of the past. By recruiting and allowing individuals to serve openly in our military we are suggesting tax subjecting taxpayers to high medical costs including an average of 130,000 per transition surgery lifetime hormone treatments and additional surgery to address the average 25 of individuals who experience complications in addition to possible Mental Health issues and cost of training. The surgeries alone are estimated to cost one point 35 billion over the next 10 years and that is with the assumption of only 30 of individuals in transition. That money co
The director of the cia hence pushing for regime change. We look at rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. People are distracted by the trump Reality Tv Show going on. Radar, the u. S. Government is barreling towards regime change in north korea. That is not going to work. If you thought the middle east fora disaster, get ready this. Amy we will speak to dr. Jill stein. Trump, talk about korea, voting integrity, and you know that famous photo of mike flynn and a Vladimir Putin at a dinner in moscow . Jill stein is in that picture. We will find out what happened. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house on monday fired Communications Director anthony scaramucci, just 10 days after he was hired, capping a tumultuous week that saw scaramucci repeatedly insult his colleagues in vulgar and sexually explicit terms. Scaramuccis departure came just days after trump fired his white house rival, former
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