NEW YORK DAILY NEWS <\/p>\n
Sunday, December 11, 2016, 6:52 PM <\/p>\n
U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Mannings petition calling on President Obama to reduce the remainder of her 35-year prison sentence exceeded its goal of 100,000 signatures as of Sunday, which would require the White House to respond. <\/p>\n
We did it! Thank you so much for your love and support, Manning, 28, tweeted late Saturday. <\/p>\n
Mannings petition created on Nov. 14 could get an official White House response within 60 days. <\/p>\n
I don't know what to say. I am just grateful that I am not forgotten. You've given me hope, she tweeted in another post Sunday. <\/p>\n
Army doctor doesn't recommend changing Chelsea Mannings gender <\/p>\n
The transgender U.S. soldier, formerly known as Bradley Manning, was arrested in 2010 for leaking more than 700,000 State Department documents to WikiLeaks while she served in the military. <\/p>\n
Those documents revealed many military secrets, including a 2007 Baghdad airstrike that killed civilians, information about Guantanamo detainees and Iraq War logs. <\/p>\n
She was convicted in military court in 2013 for violating the Espionage Act, which prohibits people to convey information that could harm the U.S. armed forces. <\/p>\n
After her conviction, Manning announced that she identified as a transgender woman and underwent hormone treatment behind bars in 2015. <\/p>\n
Chelsea Manning attempts suicide for second time <\/p>\n
Manning, in a statement to the New York Times, said she took full and complete responsibility for her actions, which she called wrong. <\/p>\n
The sole relief I am asking for is to be released from military prison after serving six years of confinement as a person who did not intend to harm the interests of the United States or harm any service members, Manning said through her lawyer to the Times. <\/p>\n
The former Army veteran attempted suicide for a second time in October at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., after her failed suicide attempt in July led her to solitary confinement, according to the Associated Press. <\/p>\n
President Obama, as you and the medical community have recognized, prisoners who face solitary confinement are more likely to commit suicide, Mannings petition states. <\/p>\n
President Obama has less than 40 days to respond to Manning before president-elect Donald Trump gets sworn in on Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. <\/p>\n
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n
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