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Article snippet: House Minority Leader MORE (D-Calif.) condemned the Trump administration's move late Friday to ban most transgender Americans from serving in the U.S. military. Pelosi issued a statement calling issued a memorandum late Friday stating that transgender people with a history of "gender dysphoria" – those who may require major medical treatment – would be barred from the armed forces "except under certain limited circumstances." Mattis wrote in a recommendation to Trump included in a court filing Friday that the Pentagon found that "exempting such persons from well-established mental health, physical health, and sex-based standards, which apply to all Service members, including transgender Service members without gender dysphoria, could undermine readiness, disrupt unit cohesion, and impose an unreasonable burden on the military that is not conducive to military effectiveness and lethality." Senate Minority Leader Link to the full article to read more