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Cotton Statement on the Commutation of Chelsea Manning's Prison Sentence

Statement

Date: Jan. 17, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Criminal Justice

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement following reports that President Obama commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence:

"When I was leading soldiers in Afghanistan, Private Manning was undermining us by leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. I don't understand why the president would feel special compassion for someone who endangered the lives of our troops, diplomats, intelligence officers, and allies. We ought not treat a traitor like a martyr."


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