McCain on Chelsea Manning: ‘Her dishonor will last forever’

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Arizona Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called President Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence “a grave mistake that I fear will encourage further acts of espionage and undermine military discipline.”

“Her prison sentence may end in a few months’ time, but her dishonor will last forever,” the Republican said in a statement.

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