Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's prison sentence

President Obama on Tuesday reduced the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the Army private convicted of leaking thousands of classified reports to WikiLeaks, to the nearly seven years she has served. The president also pardoned retired Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, who pleaded guilty…

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