U.S. urged not to punish objecting Guantanamo Navy nurse

Association President Pamela Cipriano says in a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that the nurse was exercising his right to uphold the ethical code for nurses. The letter was released Wednesday.

The nurse was the first known member of the medical staff on the U.S. base in Cuba to refuse to feed prisoners taking part in a hunger strike to protest their confinement. He was sent home from Guantanamo this summer.

A lawyer for the unidentified lieutenant says the officer may face administrative punishment that could cost him retirement and veteran benefits.

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