ADVERTISEMENTDuring the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals. Eric Fanning served as Army secretary at the end of Obama’s term, and was part of the effort to transition the military to full equality for transgender individuals. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017....victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Their estimate was that it would cost $2.5 million to $8.5 million, something in that range, which is essentially one one-thousandth of a point of a percent of military medical spending ― 0.0001 percent of military spending. Drew Angerer/Getty Images On May 18, 2016, Eric Fanning (right) was sworn in as the secretary of the Army by Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

Source: Huffington Post August 29, 2017 08:03 UTC