This file photo taken on May 18, 2017 shows an Instagram account screen capture portrait of transgender former soldier Chelsea Manning which she posted on May 18, 2017 one day after being released from a top-security US military prison.(Photo: AFP\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n
Chelsea Manning stopped bythe White House on Thursday,the day after President Trump tweeted that transgender people would nolonger be allowed to serve in the military. <\/p>\n
Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who spent seven years in prison for leaking classified documents, posted a selfie while standing on the north side of the building. <\/p>\n
Her message: \"Figured I would show my face at the new ground zero of the war on trans people, #WeGotThis.\" <\/p>\n
Manning, who joined the Army in 2007, had slammed the president over his announcement, saying it \"sounds like cowardice.\" <\/p>\n
In 2010, shewas arrested and convicted for leaking more than 700,000 classified documents.Her 35-year sentence was commuted by President Obama in the final days of his administration. <\/p>\n
At the time of her arrest, she was known as Pvt. Bradley Manning. Shecame out as transgender during her incarceration. <\/p>\n
She remains an active-duty, unpaid soldier, eligible for health care and other benefits while her court-martial conviction remains under appeal. <\/p>\n
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Trump seeks to ban transgender people from serving in U.S. military 'in any capacity' <\/p>\n
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