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... Members of Congress on Thursday lambasted a new Pentagon program offering testosterone replacement therapy to U.S. soldiers, as some Democrats compared the initiative to the gender-affirming medical care vehemently opposed by the Trump administration.

But Republican lawmakers, including some former service members, praised the new testosterone screening as a necessary and medically sound intervention that would shore up military readiness. ...

@#1 ... But Republican lawmakers, including some former service members, praised the new testosterone screening as a necessary and medically sound intervention that would shore up military readiness. ...

So, those Republican lawmakers effectively admitted that some troops may need gender-affirming care in order to shore up military readiness?