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Barring a last-minute court intervention, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday that the military was ready to begin processing transgender recruits on Jan. 1 but withheld comment on whether he backed the move.
"We'll obey whatever the law says," Mattis told Pentagon reporters. "It's a court case right now," Mattis said of several federal court rulings that President Donald Trump's proposed ban on transgender individuals serving in the military was unconstitutional. ...