Bradley Manning: ‘I Will Recover From This…This Is Just a Stage in My Life’

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Bradley Manning has vowed to stay positive, his defense lawyers tells Alexa O’Brien in an exclusive interview.

Published Aug. 21 2013 1:58PM EDT

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FORT MEADE, MARYLAND—Just after receiving a sentence of 35 years in prison for transmitting hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and U.S. Army reports to WikiLeaks in 2010, Bradley Manning was in a surprisingly “cheerful mood,” according to his attorney.

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“He said, 'Hey, it's OK.

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Bradley Manning: ‘I Will Recover From This…This Is Just a Stage in My Life’

Bradley Manning has vowed to stay positive, his defense lawyers tells Alexa O’Brien in an exclusive interview.

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