Frm. Congressman Ron Paul and I have sent the following letter to the President urging clemency for #ChelseaManning. Please read the letter and call the White House at 202-456-1111 in support of this humanitarian effort. Thanks, Dennis

The Honorable Barack Obama The President
The White House
Office of the President

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500
USA

9 January 2017 Dear Mr. President,

We write to urgently request that you grant the application for clemency submitted by Chelsea Manning and commute her sentence to time served. We each had the honor of serving the American people in the United States Congress for 16 years. We respect the government’s right to hold to account members of the military who breach military law, but believe that there are strong grounds for commuting Ms. Manning’s sentence. We strongly urge you to grant Ms. Manning’s application for clemency in recognition of her acting in the public interest and the treatment that she endured in early pre-trial detention…