Tag: President Barack Obama
Chelsea Manning: Wikileaks source celebrates ‘first steps of freedom’
U.S soldier Chelsea Manning is celebrating her freedom after being released from military prison.
Obama pardons East Point man once imprisoned for being gay in the Army
A 56-year-old East Point man who was imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth almost 30 years ago because he had a homosexual relationship with another soldier in the 1980s received a presidential pardon on Tuesday.
Chelsea Manning asks U.S. president to reduce sentence
Chelsea Manning, a transgender soldier serving 35 years at a Kansas military prison for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, is asking President Barack Obama to commute her sentence to the 6 1/2 years she has already served.
Italian ANDDOS : “Victims in Orlando on the conscience of many politicians “
The massacre in Orlando for the Italian Association ANDDOS against discrimination, there are unequivocal responsibility of the political class .” These victims are on the minds of many politicians who do nothing but stir up feelings of hatred against LGBTI people.”
FBI chief says : Mass shooter acted alone, inspired by radical Islam
The Florida man who massacred 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub was likely inspired by online “radical” Islamic extremism but there is no evidence showing he acted on orders from overseas, the FBI director said Monday.
In a Historic First, Openly Gay Eric Fanning Nominated To Serve as Secretary of the Army
Selection of Eric Fanning, who currently serves as Acting Under Secretary of the Army, demonstrates President Obama’s ongoing commitment to LGBT inclusion in Administration.