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Army Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Granted Name Change Request

HeadlineApr 24, 2014

A judge has granted the request of jailed Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning to legally change her name. Formerly known as Bradley, Manning sought the name change to reflect her desire to live as a woman. Manning remains in a men’s prison at Fort Leavenworth, where she is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking government files to WikiLeaks.

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