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Tieng Anh Vui
The US soldier who leaked a trove of classified documents to the Wikileaks website is expected to make a statement at his court martial.
Bradley Manning could testify as a witness, or make a sworn or unsworn statement in the sentencing hearing at Fort Meade, Maryland, his lawyer said.
Wednesday's witness list includes 29-year-old Manning's aunt and a mental health expert.
The private first class could face up to 90 years in prison over the leaks.
The judge granted a defence motion decreasing the soldier's maximum sentence from 136 years after he was convicted last month of 20 charges, including espionage and theft.
Any statement by him on Wednesday would be his first since the trial opened in June.
Manning admitted passing hundreds of thousands of battlefield reports and diplomatic cables to Wikileaks.
The sentencing phase of the trial has focused on how much damage the disclosures revelations caused.
Manning has said he never intended to harm national security but wanted the disclosures to provoke public debate.
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