Article snippet: It’s unclear how President Donald Trump’s announced military ban on transgender people will affect those already serving in the U.S. armed forces, with White House press secretary Sarah Sanders unable to say today how the new policy will be implemented. "That's something that the Department of Defense and the White House will have to work together as implementation takes place and is done so lawfully," Sanders told ABC News chief White House correspondent Jon Karl at the press briefing today. "I would imagine the Department of Defense will be the lead on that," she added. She repeatedly denied that the action is an attack on transgender rights. "The president has a lot of support for all Americans and certainly wants to protect all Americans at all times,” she said. “The president's expressed concerns since this Obama policy came into effect, but he's also voiced that this is a very comprehensive and disruptive policy and based on consultation that he's had with his national security team, came to the conclusion that it erodes military readiness and unit cohesion and made the decision based on that.” The policy change was announced via Twitter this morning, when Trump said that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military "in any capacity." His surprise announcement came after Defense Secretary James Mattis last month delayed the review of an Obama-era policy that allowed openly transgender people to join the milita... Link to the full article to read more