Biden's Pentagon pick supports overturning military transgender ban

Retired Army General Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Pentagon, said on Tuesday that he supported a plan to overturn a ban on transgender service members.

"If you're fit and you're qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve and you can expect that I will support that throughout," Austin said at his confirmation hearing.

He did not specify when the ban, put in place by President Donald Trump, would be overturned.