Tammy Baldwin: “The department is planning to separate several thousand…”

“Those details and that information, and we will get. The committee needs those details. So. This committee has also worked hard alongside the department to improve recruitment and meet retention goals. The department is planning to separate several thousand service members due to your partisan beliefs about troops who are transgender. Mr. Secretary, I've seen your speeches and social media posts, but what I'm interested in is the sound policy analysis that we would expect from the Secretary of Defense and how this misguided decision will impact military readiness.” (04:15–04:25)

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