Former
U.S. Colonel and
diplomat asks Obama to release
Cuban antiterrorists
Former
U.S. Colonel Ann Wright, who served in the U.S. Army
and in the Reserve for 29 years sent a letter to
President Barack Obama requesting the release of the
Cuban antiterrorists incarcerated in the country.
Ann Wright was also a diplomat of the State
Department for 16 years, and served her country at
the U.S. embassies of Afghanistan, Sierra Leone,
Micronesia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Grenada and
Nicaragua.
She resigned in 2003 in protest over the U.S.
invasion of Iraq. She is co-author of the book
Dissent: Voices of Conscience, published in
2009. (Taken from the Cuba sí)
