Pentagon Considering Chelsea Manning Transfer For Gender Treatment

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Pentagon Considering Chelsea Manning Transfer For Gender Treatment
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/pentagon-reportedly-oks-chelsea-manning-transfer-for-gender
Author: Jim Dalrymple II, Source: BuzzFeed

The Pentagon is working on a plan to move Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning from a military prison to a civilian prison in order to accommodate her request for hormone therapy [. . .]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has approved the development of the plan to transfer Manning.

"No decision to transfer Pvt. Manning to a civilian detention facility has been made, [. . .]."

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Pentagon Gives Initial Support to Manning Transfer for Gender Treatment
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/14/chelsea-manning-treatment.html
Author: No author listed, Source: Al-Jazeera America via Associated Press

In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker Pvt. Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get treatment for her gender disorder, defense officials said.

The two agencies are just starting discussions about prospects for a transfer, the two officials said.

The plan the military was considering has not been publicly released, but Manning said in the complaint that she had specifically asked that the treatment plan "consider ... three types of treatment." [real life experience, hormone therapy, and surgery]