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Clinton’s former attorney general proposes allowing transgenders in military

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San Francisco , March 14, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A controversial former official from the Clinton administration is urging the U.S. Army to change its policy excluding transgendered people from serving in the military. Joycelyn Elders , Clinton’s former U.S. attorney general, was part of a panel commissioned by the Palm Center , a think tank based at San Francisco State University , that issued a report this week finding that there is "no compelling medical rationale" to ban transgender individuals from the military. Elders is no stranger to courting controversy with her views. She was removed from her high position by Clinton in 1994 after recommending that children be taught how to masturbate. The panel was funded in part by Jennifer Pritzker, a billionaire and former Army lieutenant colonel who stated that she was transgendered last year. Elders is no stranger to courting controversy with her views. She was removed from her high position by Clinton in ...