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January 12, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

January 12, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

In ‘TransMilitary,’ troops fight for the US, banned or not

9m 6s

A recent documentary "TransMilitary," follows four trans troops in their military journeys as the federal government flip-flops on whether they should be banned. As the battle over the ban continues in federal courts, NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson talks to a former soldier featured in the film and the film’s director about the soldiers' fight to end the ban and the risks they took speaking out

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