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“We are now in the process of waiting for that to be formally articulated to us in a policy memo. We'll be standing by to make that happen,\" Davis said.

Last week Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a memo to military commanders, \"There will be no modifications to the current policy until the president's direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance.\"

\"We are awaiting formal guidance,\" Davis told reporters, adding that the Pentagon has reason to believe it will get a formal direction in writing from the White House.

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