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Manning says he's female

REUTERS, Washington
Bradley Manning, the US soldier sentenced to 35 years in military prison for the biggest breach of classified documents in the nation's history,
FROM PAGE 20 yesterday said he is female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea.
Manning received the sentence on Wednesday for giving more than 700,000 secret files, videos and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. His lawyers had argued the former Army intelligence analyst suffered a sexual identity crisis when he leaked the files while serving in Iraq in 2009 and 2010.
"As I transition into this next phase of my life, 1 want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning, I am a female," Manning, 25, said in the statement read by anchorwoman Savannah Guthrie on NBC News' "Today" show.
"Given the way that I feel and have felt since child-
hood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible," Manning said. “I also request that starting today you refer to me by my new name and use the femininepronoun."
Manning's lawyer David Coombs said on the TV programme he expeaed his client to get a pardon from US President Barack Obama.
Manning was conviaed last month on 20 charges, including espionage and theft. He will serve his sentence at the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Coombs has said Manning could be pardoned in seven years.
The Defence Department referred a call seeking comment to the US Army, which did not respond immediately.
Coombs said Manning
was seeking hormone therapy and not a sex-change operation.
"I'm hoping that Fort Leavenworth will do the right thing and provide that. If Fort Leavenworth does not, then I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that they are forced to do so," he said.
Asked if Manning wanted to be sent to a women's prison, Coombs said no.
"I think the ultimate goal is to be comfortable in her skin and to be the person that she's never had an opportu-nitytobe," he said.
Coombs said he was not worried about Manning's safety in a military prison since inmates there were firsttime offenders who wanted to complete their sentences and get out.