| Transgender soldier: 'This is the only job I ever wanted' Posted: 27 Jul 2017 03:14 PM PDT ![Transgender soldier: 'This is the only job I ever wanted']( "Transgender soldier: 'This is the only job I ever wanted'") This week while on vacation, Wyatt woke up to the news that President Trump had tweeted his intention to reinstate the ban. It's an experience that has been shared, in some form or another, by the estimated 1,320 to 6,630 transgender individuals currently serving among the 1.3 million members of the US military, according to a 2016 RAND study estimate. Army Corp. Mac McEachin was driving through Georgia on a road trip from New Jersey to Texas when he got the news.
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| Behind Trump’s transgender ban, a political calculus Posted: 27 Jul 2017 01:22 PM PDT ![Behind Trump's transgender ban, a political calculus]( "Behind Trump's transgender ban, a political calculus") Donald Trump has long evinced a live-and-let-live attitude toward gay, lesbian, and transgender people. Foremost, the president needs a legislative victory, and by giving House conservatives what they wanted on transgender troops, he has paved the way for passage of a key military spending bill.
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| When Congress wields a tool of peace Posted: 27 Jul 2017 11:20 AM PDT ![When Congress wields a tool of peace]( "When Congress wields a tool of peace") One shining example of bipartisan cooperation in Congress has been strong lawmaker support for a popular tool in foreign policy: sanctions on other nations or their leaders and companies. This week lawmakers are even more united as they move to approve new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
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| In drought-stricken Somaliland, age-old challenges meet WhatsApp Posted: 27 Jul 2017 09:21 AM PDT ![In drought-stricken Somaliland, age-old challenges meet WhatsApp]( "In drought-stricken Somaliland, age-old challenges meet WhatsApp") As livestock began to die six months ago, and the parched earth ran dry, a handful of people in this self-declared republic had a novel idea: create a WhatsApp group called Daryeel, "Caring," to spread the news of their need. "Necessity is the mother of invention," smiles Ali Mohamoud Kabadhe, one of the group's creators. Little did they know the marriage of a 21st-century social messaging app with a centuries-old problem would transform the fate of their sub-clan.
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