As one of his final acts as outgoing president, Barack Obama commuted the Manning's 35-year sentenced to time served.  

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Chelsea Manning, a transgender soldier, was sentenced by a military court for leaking classified government and military documents to the WikiLeaks website.

Manning, whose name was Bradley at the time of her arrest in 2010, worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. 

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President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning, former Oklahoma soldier Chelsea Manning should have never been released from prison.

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