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@humeyra_pamuk
This is unbelievable.
If you don’t support your boss’s policies, resign.
If I was Biden, this would feel like a giant knife in the back.
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"For all this talk of 'chaos,' I just didn't see it"
Yeah, me neither.
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1/3 One year ago today, US Navy LT Ridge Alkonis, had a medical emergency ending in a tragic car accident while driving his family to get ice cream. He was arrested, placed into solitary confinement, and deprived of sleep by being forced to sleep under bright lights for 26 days.
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3/3 Ridge was falsely convicted and sentenced to 3-years in prison leaving behind a wife and 3 children. He’s one of the best guys I know and served an exemplary naval career. I hope
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
will help
#BringRidgeHome
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🚨Japan has released Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis to U.S. custody as part of an international prisoner transfer agreement.
@TheJusticeDept
now has jurisdiction over LT Alkonis and will determine any further incarceration.
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🚨🚨Ridge is FREE🚨🚨
The Alkonis family is finally reunited!
The U.S. Parole Commission ordered Ridge’s immediate release this morning.
Thank you to everyone who helped us to
@BringRidgeHome
!
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For all the experts who have emerged since
@basedMikeLee
's call for a renegotiation of the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA):
Put on your seatbelt; let's go for an educational ride. 🧵👇1/x
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@JimLaPorta
@Militarydotcom
@USNavy
Thanks for digging into this and reporting it.
Immediately thought of Red Hill when Navy leaders assured folks that the water was fine.
With all of these
@USNavy
incidents, the biggest frustration is that there will likely be no accountability.
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The
@USNavy
has denied Ridge Alkonis his promotion to LCDR.
Alkonis was selected and scheduled to be promoted on Oct 1, 2021; however it was put on hold while the legal case in Japan played out.
After the court case completed in 2022, Alkonis’s chain-of-command (including the
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This is important.
Access to mental healthcare is too difficult and providers are too few.
Thanks
@jaketapper
&
@OrenCNN
for covering this.
Why hasn't the Pentagon fully implemented a law intended to reduce military suicides?
@OrenCNN
reports
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@mattdizwhitlock
@SenMikeLee
@BasedMikeLee
@elonmusk
Mike Lee confronts Japanese PM
@kishida230
over his refusal to approve a prisoner transfer request for an unjustly imprisoned naval officer in accordance w/an international treaty that has been sitting on
@JPN_PMO
desk for 6-months.
@twitter
suspends his account, weird.
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A special interaction b/w Pres Biden &
@BrittanyAlkonis
, the wife of wrongfully-detained Navy
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
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Broken. Scared. Confused.
Feeling abandoned & betrayed by the countries he loves.
Denied legal counsel & medical treatment.
Treated like a worthless, malicious criminal.
Ridge Alkonis after 26 days of solitary confinement and hours upon hours of browbeating interrogations.
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The Navy selected Ridge Alkonis to be promoted based on his exemplary leadership and performance!
His commanding officers regularly recommended him for early promotion and early command.
Yet now, the
@SECNAV
has baselessly denied Alkonis the promotion he earned in 2021.
What kind of officer was
#LtRidgeAlkonis
?
Read thread 👇🏼 to see what his Commanding Officers wrote about him—ranked
#1
at every rank.
“BEST WARFARE TACTICS INSTRUCTOR ON MY STAFF…DEEP SELECT…SCREEN FOR EARLY COMMAND!”
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With LT Alkonis finally free, I look forward to working with Congress to address the gross lack of support from the
@USNavy
and
@DeptofDefense
for Alkonis.
Many of the military's uniformed and civilian leadership actions fall into "fraud, waste, and abuse."
🚨 The below x1000.
Respectfully, DoD - owes the Alkonis family an apology as well. It is my opinion that DoD senior leaders did not serve
@potus
well.
Perhaps a good first step would be for
@DoD_IG
to take a look at
@EubanksAndrew
’s complaint.
Cc
@PentagonPresSec
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🚨🚒🚨MOMENTS AGO:
@IAFFPresident
Ed Kelly speaks out in support of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
while addressing President Biden at the
#IAFFLEGCON
.
As one of the most influential unions in America,
@IAFFofficial
’s endorsement of POTUS’s efforts to
@BringRidgeHome
is huge!
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I met Alice Lin at last night’s
@BOFHcampaign
vigil.
Her father, David Lin, has been wrongfully detained by the
#CCP
for over 16 years.
It’s time to bring him home!
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Great reporting by
@NatashaBertrand
&
@kylieatwood
on the situation of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
in Japan and options to get him home.
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It was an honor to meet
@freethehero
last night!
Paul Rusesabagina was recently released from wrongful detention in Rwanda.
Paul is a gentle & kind man with a wonderful family.
I’m glad
@StateSPEHA
got him home!
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Earlier this week,
@jaketapper
asked
@BrittanyAlkonis
about this, sharing that the White House had told him the President didn’t have the power to commute
#LtRidgeAlkonis
’s sentence.
It’s pretty clear that
@potus
has the ability to
@BringRidgeHome
.
The President’s power to commute LT Ridge Alkonis’s sentence is explicitly stated within our Constitution & the Council of Europe Treaty.
Article 12 of the Treaty’s “Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons” is clear on
@POTUS
’s powers in the
@BringRidgeHome
case.
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🚨Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis released from prison🚨
After reviewing the case, the U.S. Parole Commission ordered the immediate release of Alkonis.
Thoughts on the release below 👇
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🚨New:
A source close to OSD told the Alkonis family that
@SecDef
Austin personally directed the Dept of Defense not to intervene in helping
@USNavy
LT Ridge Alkonis during Japan’s illegal pretrial confinement, investigation, and trial.
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@OldRowOfficial
@budlight
Serious question about her inclusivity comments—what percentage of customers in the beer market is transgender? Is there some secret market share I’m unaware of?
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I appreciate
@jaketapper
and
@CNN
’s commitment to raising awareness of wrongfully detained Americans!
Brittany Alkonis, the wife of a U.S. Navy Lieutenant detained in Japan for nearly 300 days, asks President Biden to press Japanese officials for her husband’s release
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95.4% of those convicted in Japan of the same crime as
#LtRidgeAlkonis
do not go to prison.
The 4.6% who do are those who acted maliciously, didn’t pay a settlement, or didn’t plead guilty.
LT Alkonis wasn’t treated fairly—even by Japan’s own distorted view of justice.
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A friend and active duty
@USNavy
officer died by suicide this week.
Mental health struggles and substance abuse are epidemics within our active duty and veteran ranks
We MUST do better to remove the obstacles to treatment and care.
We MUST increase provider capacity.
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RECAP of political support for
@BringRidgeHome
: 🧵
@BrittanyAlkonis
met w/
@JoeBiden
after this year’s
#SOTU
.
Thank you,
@POTUS
, for promising to reunite this family!
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@UNHumanRights
@hrw
@amnestyusa
@amnesty
need to investigate the blatantly apparent violations of justice and fair treatment in LT Ridge Alkonis’s case.
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🚨BREAKING:
UT Senate unanimously passes Concurrent Resolution (HCR004), calling on Congress to investigate
#LtRidgeAlkonis
’s case and review the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement.
@BrittanyAlkonis
received a standing ovation from the senate after the vote.
#utpol
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While the comparison between this and
#LtRidgeAlkonis
’s case isn’t perfect, it highlights the extreme disparities in how Americans and Japanese citizens are treated by 🇯🇵police/officials.
There must be a congressional review of the US-Japan SOFA.
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The President’s power to commute LT Ridge Alkonis’s sentence is explicitly stated within our Constitution & the Council of Europe Treaty.
Article 12 of the Treaty’s “Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons” is clear on
@POTUS
’s powers in the
@BringRidgeHome
case.
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For the record:
@SenMikeLee
& dozens from Congress and the Biden Admin expressed sincere condolences for the victims to 🇯🇵Amb, Foreign Minister, & others throughout 2021-2022.
Letters, phone calls, face-to-face.
All respectful & diplomatic.
🇯🇵’s response: stonewall.
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On this
#FathersDay
, thinking of one of the best fathers I know—
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
Even in prison, Ridge is mindful of his kids’ well-being & does everything he can to help them feel loved.
One way is reading the same books as his kids so they can have book club during visits.
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What happens when there’s a car accident in Japan and the driver is Japanese and the victim American?
Let me tell you a story 👇
🧵1/
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ONE YEAR IN PRISON
July 25, 2022: LT Ridge Alkonis left his home & family to begin an unjust prison sentence.
Since that time,
@POTUS
@VP
@JakeSullivan46
& Congressional GOP & Dems have all asked Japan to conduct an international prison transfer.
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These two very threatening parents just got kicked off the sidewalk in front of Naval Base Point Loma by military police…because the
@USNavy
owns the sidewalk. 🙄
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The Senate unanimously approved an amendment to continue
#LtRidgeAlkonis
’s pay/benefits!
A Christmas miracle for
@BrittanyAlkonis
!
Thank you
@SenMikeLee
!
It fails 47-50. And now there’s applause as the Senate unanimously approves another Lee amendment to ensure a Navy officer imprisoned in Japan continued to receive DOD pay.
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1/ Why do US citizens abroad receive Embassy assistance but a US military member, such as
#LtRidgeAlkonis
, in Japan does not? Of all people, shouldn’t service members stationed abroad receive help from both
@DeptofDefense
and
@StateDept
? Someone help me understand this.
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@jaketapper
@chenweihua
@TheLeadCNN
It’s a little concerning that he was Knight Fellow at Stanford.
Serious question:
Do you think it’s concerning that many of the CCP defenders, and CCP themselves, have been educated at US colleges (often Ivy League)?
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.
@JamesFoleyFund
put on a wonderful evening last night!
Great to be with so many incredible people working toward bringing wrongfully detained Americans home.
Congrats to
@StateSPEHA
&
@MickeyBergman
; both deserved the recognition for all their efforts in this space.
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What kind of officer was
#LtRidgeAlkonis
?
Read thread 👇🏼 to see what his Commanding Officers wrote about him—ranked
#1
at every rank.
“BEST WARFARE TACTICS INSTRUCTOR ON MY STAFF…DEEP SELECT…SCREEN FOR EARLY COMMAND!”
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Missing my best friend,
#LtRidgeAlkonis
, as he sits alone in a Japanese prison cell this Christmas with no visitors all weekend and no phone privileges.
It’s not right.
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@BillKristol
The imprisonment of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
itself is undermining the alliance much more so than
@BasedMikeLee
comments.
Service members are refusing orders to Japan. Many of those there are scared and looking to get back to the states now.
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There was another topic last night that Democrats & Republicans agreed on—
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
In conversations with POTUS & Speaker McCarthy, both promised to
@BringRidgeHome
.
#SOTU
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
to
@BrittanyAlkonis
!
Brittany not only fights unceasingly for her family but also has become a powerful advocate for military families everywhere.
Her courage and determination are inspiring the
#milSpouse
community!
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The facts and circumstances of the case, and the lack of due process in Japan, made it clear to the U.S. Parole Commission that Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis isn't a criminal and shouldn't be behind bars.
🚨🚨Ridge is FREE🚨🚨
The Alkonis family is finally reunited!
The U.S. Parole Commission ordered Ridge’s immediate release this morning.
Thank you to everyone who helped us to
@BringRidgeHome
!
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🚨TOMORROW:
Join
@BrittanyAlkonis
and
#LtRidgeAlkonis
supporters outside the
@WhiteHouse
from 9am-2pm ET as they protest to
@BringRidgeHome
during POTUS’s meeting w/Japan’s PM
@kishida230
.
Presser at 11am. Media availability before and after.
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Let's get something straight--
No one is taking anything away from the two innocent Japanese citizens who lost their lives in the Alkonis accident. It was a tragedy. It happened in May 2021 and the Alkonis family did nothing for over a year other than apologize profusely,
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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL for
@BrittanyAlkonis
& 3 kids
Classroom: Penn Ave in front of
@WhiteHouse
W/ so much uncertainty about their future and unsure when she will be invited to meet w/
@potus
to discuss
#LtRidgeAlkonis
, Brittany is adding ‘teacher’ to her resume.
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🚨NEW:
Domestic political interference suspected in the trial & prison sentence of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
Son-in-law of accident victim works as a prosecutor in the Tokyo High Public Prosecutor Office, the same office that prosecuted Lt Alkonis.
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This day two years ago in Japan:
#LtRidgeAlkonis
was soberly driving approx 28mph at 1pm w/his wife, 3 kids, and dog from Mt Fuji.
In mid-conversation, Alkonis’s daughter observed Alkonis’s body go limp as he slumped against the side of the car.
1/x
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ICYMI:
Navy spouse
@BrittanyAlkonis
spoke w/ POTUS at
#SOTU2023
.
The President promised to
@BringRidgeHome
!
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🎄🚨RIGHT NOW🚨🎄
@BrittanyAlkonis
and family, friends, supporters are gathering outside MDC-LA, where LT Ridge Alkonis is detained, for a Christmas party.
Ridge can see the party from the prison, and we’re hoping to bring some holiday cheer to him!
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@POTUS
I hope you saw these kiddos—friends of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
’s children!
They were repping
@BringRidgeHome
shirts in hopes of seeing
@POTUS
so that they could remind him of his promise to
@BrittanyAlkonis
—their friends want their dad back, especially today since it was Ridge’s b-day.
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@halbritz
@NatashaBertrand
@OrenCNN
Who’s actually running the
@DeptofDefense
?
The
@SecDef
goes into the ICU and no one tells the White House? Or even the Deputy SecDef who’s out on vacation?
Oh and there are two major wars going on with allies/partners, and our troops are being attacked daily.
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Thanks
@jaketapper
for hosting
@BrittanyAlkonis
twice this year on
@TheLeadCNN
and
@NatashaBertrand
&
@kylieatwood
for reporting on this story.
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Brittany Alkonis, wife of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
, wanted to share this message with
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
today.
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If revoking Alkonis’s promotion was actually about committing a “crime” and not about politics,
then why didn’t the Navy revoke the promotion 2.5 years ago when Alkonis was originally convicted??
Answer that.
Because—
The Navy knew Alkonis wasn’t actually culpable, that he
In the military's final summary report on the Ridge Alkonis case, the Navy stated:
"No misconduct or wrongdoing is being alleged from any U.S. military or U.S. civilian authorities."
"The incident does not warrant promotion delay or removal, and LT Alkonis should be allowed to
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👏👏👏 thank you WH press corps for asking
@PressSec
about
#LtRidgeAlkonis
in today’s briefing.
@PhilipWegmann
was this your question?
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Thank you,
@DanaPerino
, for having Navy Lt Ridge Alkonis and his wife
@BrittanyAlkonis
on the show today!
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.
@BrittanyAlkonis
—a military spouse more than deserving of appreciation.
A tireless advocate for her husband (
@BringRidgeHome
) and military families & veterans around the world.
Celebrate
#MilitarySpouseAppreciation
Day by giving Brittany a follow!
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In the military's final summary report on the Ridge Alkonis case, the Navy stated:
"No misconduct or wrongdoing is being alleged from any U.S. military or U.S. civilian authorities."
"The incident does not warrant promotion delay or removal, and LT Alkonis should be allowed to
The Navy started backing away from Lt. Alkonis’s promotion last year — not because of new information about Alkonis, but based on the fact that his case became “a matter of public discussion.”
Why does that make any sense?
On what planet is that a fair way to treat Alkonis?
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If anyone inside wants to come out and chat, I’ll be here for the next few hours.
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Still soaking it in that this finally happened—such a relief!
So happy for Ridge,
@BrittanyAlkonis
, and their children!
🚨🚨Ridge is FREE🚨🚨
The Alkonis family is finally reunited!
The U.S. Parole Commission ordered Ridge’s immediate release this morning.
Thank you to everyone who helped us to
@BringRidgeHome
!
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If
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
@SecBlinken
&
@StateSPEHA
need any more reasons to
#BringRidgeHome
,
here are 53k more reasons.
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UPDATE: 1/4
After meeting w/ officials in the West Wing last week,
@BrittanyAlkonis
has suspended her daily protests in front of the
@WhiteHouse
and will be returning to Japan in a few days to be closer
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
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If you are arrested in Japan, regardless of the crime, you will be detained for weeks & interrogated for hours each day with no access to legal counsel—usually until you confess to the alleged crime.
This is happening to our military members & their families stationed in Japan.
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🚨42 Members of Congress sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to PM
@kishida230
last week prior to his meeting with
@POTUS
pressing him to expedite the transfer of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
back to the U.S.
Thank you
@SenMikeLee
&
@RepMikeLevin
for leading this letter.
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Kind of seems like
#LtRidgeAlkonis
was a rock star naval officer.
Might be worth the
@USNavy
keeping him around.
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@MeidasTouch
This was also said by
@IAFFPresident
👇
🚨🚒🚨MOMENTS AGO:
@IAFFPresident
Ed Kelly speaks out in support of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
while addressing President Biden at the
#IAFFLEGCON
.
As one of the most influential unions in America,
@IAFFofficial
’s endorsement of POTUS’s efforts to
@BringRidgeHome
is huge!
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Headed in to see
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
Pumped to see Ridge but not very excited about there being glass between us and guards looking over our shoulders during the entire visit.
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The US-ROK Status of Forces Agreement was updated in recent years to ensure forces in Korea have access to legal counsel, a competent interpreter, & a USG rep at all times.
Why have we been able to make improvements to this SOFA but not in Japan?
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The only reason
@NavalAcademy
fans have high expectations is because
@NAVYCoachKen
elevated
@NavyFB
to a higher plane of success.
Coach Ken’s leadership transformed the program, period.
Utterly disappointed in
@NavyAthletics
AD Chet Gladchuk’s decision.
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#LtRidgeAlkonis
has no phone privileges, ever.
His family can only visit twice/month for 30-min.
He is only allowed to send seven 1-page letters each month.
This is no way to treat an exemplary naval officer who has spent most of his adult life serving Japan
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On the anniversary of this tragedy, we plead with Japan to act in a humanitarian manner by approving the prisoner transfer request of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
14/14
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@USNavyCNO
Admiral Gilday made the below public comments about
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
After scouring through court documents and press releases, I’ve been unable to find any record of the quote Admiral Gilday attributes to LT Alkonis.
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@jrezaian
@JoshKraushaar
This should be the media playbook for all hostages and wrongful detainees.
Journalists are supporting one of their own, as they should.
There are dozens of other Americans wrongfully detained who deserve this same level of fervor.
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“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
There’s a reason so many people support
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
Anyone who has met Ridge knows that he embodies the Golden Rule.
Happy Sunday!
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Thanks
@BauerOutage
for discussing the tragic situation of my good friend
#LtRidgeAlkonis
on your channel!
@Dodgers
via
@YouTube
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At last night’s
@BOFHcampaign
vigil,
@HarrisonLi15
shared his father’s journey to America w/just a suitcase & $200.
His father, Kai, worked hard to create a life of increased opportunity for his family.
Now, Kai is wrongfully detained by the
#CCP
. It’s time to
@FreeKaiLi
!
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An everyday, middle-class American family, such as the Alkonis’s, can’t afford a top DC lobby shop like
@akingump
, who represents
@JapanGov
.
But what
#LtRidgeAlkonis
does have is the support of patriotic Americans across the country like
@IAFFPresident
Ed Kelly.
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Day 5 of homeschool.
Day 11 of protesting in front of
@WhiteHouse
.
Today’s lesson was how the government is supposed to work and how we make changes.
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She’s here!
If
@SecDef
@SecBlinken
or their Japanese counterparts would like to chat,
@BrittanyAlkonis
is more than willing to come inside where it’s warm.
@JapanEmbDC
@MofaJapan_en
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Great piece by
@kylieatwood
&
@jmhansler
on where we currently stand with the
#LtRidgeAlkonis
case.
Unfortunately, there’s no indication Japan will work with the USG to resolve this issue.
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It’s time for
@StateSPEHA
to engage with
#LtRidgeAlkonis
.
@BrittanyAlkonis
wants to work with Ambassador Carstens on options to
#BringRidgeHome
.
Roger is someone the Alkonis family will trust and agree to work with.
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I think
@trevorrowdyreed
is trying to get bigger than me. What do you think,
@jaketapper
?
Great to see you again, Trevor!
Thanks for what you do for
@BOFHcampaign
&
@BringRidgeHome
!
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Arriving in DC today,
@BrittanyAlkonis
came to M St. to remember the wrongful detainees of
@BOFHcampaign
.
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#FreeTheHero
It was great meeting
@AnaiseKanimba
& reconnecting with
@RRusesabagina
, children of Paul Rusesabagina, who is wrongfully detained in Rwanda.
These are good people; it’s time to
@freethehero
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Ever seen Hotel Rwanda?
Real life Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina has been wrongfully detained in Rwanda for nearly 2 years after the government kidnapped him in 2020.
Honor to meet his son today
@RRusesabagina
.
#FreeRusesabagina
@freethehero
@MRusesabagina
@BOFHcampaign
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Special thanks to the
@CapitolPolice
!
They were beyond patient, kind, and professional today while this wild group of kids went to the House gallery to observe
@RepLaLota
’s floor speech about
@BringRidgeHome
.
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Rep Westerman was one of
#LtRidgeAlkonis
’s first supporters.
Since Jun 2021, Bruce has supported
@BringRidgeHome
efforts.
Thank you
@RepWesterman
for inviting
@BrittanyAlkonis
to the
#SOTU
and sending a message of support to military families around the world!
I am pleased to announce my guest for this year's State of the Union address will be Mrs. Brittany Alkonis. Brittany is the wife of U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis, who is unnecessarily imprisoned in Japan.
Read my full statement and more about Lt. Alkonis:
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