Chelsea Manning walks free from prison after 7 years – tell me what YOU think!

Can you believe this?!?!

Pvt Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military prison on Wednesday after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence.

Army spokesperson confirmed for DailyMail.com that Chelsea Manning had left Fort Leavenworth in the early hours of Wednesday at sround 2am local time. The Army previously refused to say when and how she would be freed due to potential security concerns

President Barack Obama granted 29-year-old Manning clemency in his final days in office in January.

By the way, this is how Chelsea used to look when he was called Bradley:

On a related note, did you know this?

The Pentagon will provide sex-change operations to some active-duty transgender service members if a military doctor determines that surgery is required to treat the individual’s gender dysphoria.

What do YOU think of military funding for sex changes when we still are dropping the ball on basic care to other service members and veterans? 

Tell me what you think in my online poll:

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