NEW : Change will have no effect `` other than the name in his records , '' says CNN spokesman . Bradley Edward Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified military information . She was formerly known as Manning . `` I 've been working for years for this change , and waiting for months , '' says Manning .
NEW : Change will have no effect `` other than the name in his records , '' says Army spokesman . Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified military information . She was formerly known as Bradley Edward Manning . `` I 've been working for months for this change , and waiting for years , '' says Manning .