The Latest: Ex-Army chief says Trump turned back on troops

A transgender woman, who identified herself only as Layla, addresses protesters in the Castro District, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in San Francisco. Demonstrators flocked to a plaza named for San Francisco gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to protest President Donald Trump’s abrupt ban on transgender troops in the military. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez) A transgender woman, who identified herself only as Layla, addresses protesters in the Castro District, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in San Francisco. Demonstrators flocked to a plaza named for San Francisco gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to protest President Donald Trump’s abrupt ban on transgender troops in the military. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez)

By Associated Press July 27, 2017 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military (all times local):

7:35 a.m.

A former Army secretary says he’s angry and shocked that President Donald Trump would – in his words – “turn his back on thousands of transgender Americans serving today.”

Eric Fanning served under President Barack Obama and was the first openly gay head of any military service.

Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to declare a ban on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S.