Ann Wright

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1947 –

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Who is Ann Wright?

Mary Ann Wright is a former United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official, known for her outspoken opposition to the Iraq War. She received the State Department Award for Heroism in 1997, after helping to evacuate several thousand people during the civil war in Sierra Leone. She is most noted for having been one of three State Department officials to publicly resign in direct protest of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Wright was also a passenger on the Challenger 1, which along with the Mavi Marmara, was part of the Gaza flotilla.

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Born
1947
Bentonville
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • University of Arkansas
  • Naval War College
Lived in
  • Arkansas

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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