Chelsea Manning on Obama’s ‘Short List’ for Commutation

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Updated Apr. 11, 2017 4:12PM EDT / Published Jan. 11, 2017 8:06AM EST

Imprisoned U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been put on President Obama’s short list for possible commutation, NBC News reported Wednesday. Manning is serving a 35-year sentence, since 2010, for taking classified military and diplomatic files and providing them to WikiLeaks. She attempted suicide twice last year and went on a hunger strike while attempting to get the military to provide gender-reassignment surgery. Obama could decide as early as Wednesday, NBC News reported.

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Chelsea Manning on Obama’s ‘Short List’ for Commutation

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