the issue thursday. it s been a confusing issue for the military and i think i m doing the military great favor. the new navy secretary says he welcomed transgender service members. any patriot that wants to serve and meets the requirements should be able to serve in our military. stick a u.s. military s highest-ranking officer joe dunford drew a redline speaking for all the military services one day after the president s tweet in july. there will be no modifications to the current policy until the president s direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance. in the meantime we will continue to treat all of our personnel with respect. kristin beck, former seal team six member, served 20 years in the navy, received a bronze star for valor and transitioned a few years ago. has dared the president to tell her she s not worthy. you re going to get rid of a
other. this is how he has run his business, his campaign. that s how he wants to run the white house. fine. if you are traditionally a white house chief of staff, you re not in that job for tuckly long amount of time anyway. this might be the kind of presidency where we see him burn quickly through a number of staffers. but, no, this is not the end of him being angry at jeff sessions. it s not the end of him pitting aides against each other. the question i come back to is management style issue. can a new chief of staff change him? retired marine general will be the chief of staff. active duty generals were annoyed beyond belief because on twitter he announced the change of transgender members in the military. no heads up to the joint chiefs. the president tweeted it out in a series of chiefs to which the chairman of the joint chiefs issued a statement saying there will be no modifications to the current policy until the president s direction has been received by the secretary of def
shockingly on twitter by the president. the army is also not taking any steps to implement this. take a listen to this. we will work through the implementation guidance when we get it, and then we ll move from there. and to my knowledge, the department of defense, secretary mattis, hasn t received written directives yet. that was general mark miller, u.s. army chief of staff. what happens next, and are their hands tied if the directive does officially come down the pipeline? yes, well, three tweets does not a policy make. we don t know what comes next or where this is going. is it conceivable that the president could go further? would he want to take a look at firing all the transgender civilians in the department of defense and the military contractors, as well, because they receive health care plans provided by the government. of course, they contribute to them, but, you know, you could take that a step further. what about dhs, who s charged
telling the republican senators that as retribution for murkowski s vote, trump s government could use federal policy the punish the people of alaska. sullivan responded not by trying to pressure murkowski but instead by embarrassing the white house by going public with zinke s call. now he faces investigations and lawsuits over the blackmail attempt. even more remarkably, military leaders are now standing up to the commander in chief in response to his tweets yesterday that he would reinstate ban on transgender people serving in the armed forces, joint chiefs of staff chairman said there will be no dhings current policy until the president s direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance. pointedly adding, in the meantime, we will continue to treat all of our personnel with respect. a sentiment echoed by the army chief of staff mark miller. the entire force, the entire
reporter: today, from the president s top military adviser, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, this statement. there will be no modifications to the current policy until the president s direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance. in the meantime, we will continue to treat all of our personnel with respect. his words echoed by the army s top general. the entire force and chain of command, will, always has, will today and will tomorrow, and always should treat every soldier, sailor, airman, marine, coast guard, with dignity, and respect for their service in the cloth of our nation, bar none. reporter: so now for the estimated 2,500 americans that are transgender on active duty can continue to serve and receive the medical care to which they are currently