{"id":170488,"date":"2023-06-08T07:38:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T11:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=170488"},"modified":"2023-06-08T07:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T11:38:48","slug":"the-pentagon-has-become-a-laughingstock-for-militaries-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=170488","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon has become a laughingstock for militaries around the world."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pentagon defends LGBT priorities<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>READ HERE: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/577676-pentagon-lgbt-pride-event\/\">US Department of Defense officials have decried new laws in various states that push back against LGBTQ activism \u2013 such as bans on sex-change surgeries for children \u2013 arguing that the legislation could undermine the readiness of America\u2019s military.<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;US military leaders have warned that laws restricting curriculums and sex-change surgeries for minors could hinder force readiness&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon defends LGBT priorities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}