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Not a tweet from Australia on Trump’s military transgender ban
Posted By Danielle Cave on August 10, 2017 @ 06:00
will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the US Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.
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[1] @realDonaldTrump: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
[2] was appalled: https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/874576057579565056?lang=en
[3] for formal direction: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/pentagon-white-house-transgender-policy/index.html
[4] been reported: http://www.losangelesblade.com/2017/08/04/trumps-trans-military-ban-now-policy/
[5] America has fallen: http://softpower30.com/country/united-states/
[6] Lowy Institute polling: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/2017-lowy-institute-poll
[7] in real time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/president-trumps-twitter-feed-is-a-gold-mine-for-foreign-spies/2017/06/23/e3e3b0b0-5764-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.cc9578d7c671
[8] estimates: http://www.rand.http:/www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1500/RR1530/RAND_RR1530.pdf%20org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1500/RR1530/RAND_RR1530.pdf
[9] budgeted US$300 million: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/12/army-spend-300-million-bonuses-and-ads-get-6000-more-recruits/97757094/
[10] tweet from Canada’s Armed Forces: https://twitter.com/CanadianForces/status/890288099573600256
[11] tweeted: https://twitter.com/RAdmAlexBurton/status/890255337533702145
[12] this stood out: https://twitter.com/VAdmJWoodcock/status/890257164060774406
[13] added: http://armylgbt.org.uk/transgender-service-in-the-british-army/
[14] 18 countries: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205
[15] recently reported: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/26/trump-said-transgender-troops-cause-disruption-these-18-militaries-show-otherwise/
[16] diversity handbook: https://www.airforce.gov.au/docs/Transitioning-Gender-In-Air-Force.pdf
[17] described as: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-13/foreign-policy-white-paper-to-be-released-mid-2017/8116680
[18] celebrated its election: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/australia-to-take-a-seat-on-powerful-united-nations-human-rights-council/news-story/5b86ce8a09c5ae1e357c8151ffe0e7ad
[19] since 2015: http://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/Pages/2015/jb_sp_151019.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D
[20] #YourADF: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23yourADF&src=typd
[21] diversity recruitment campaign: https://twitter.com/MarisePayne/status/890764864460775426
[22] wouldn’t engage: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/us-election-malcolm-turnbull-wont-engage-in-trump-commentary/news-story/ba05e90d61b1192732e70fae963140b4