An amendment sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee requiring the Secretary of State to review the protections in place for U.S. service members who are stationed overseas was attached to the defense spending bill that cleared the Senate Thursday.
SALT LAKE CITY — An amendment sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee requiring the secretary of state to review the protections in place for U.S. service members who are stationed overseas was attached to the defense spending bill that cleared the Senate Thursday.in his frustration with the continued incarceration of Lt. Ridge Alkonis, a member of the U.S. Navy, in a Japanese prison.
His parents, Derek and Suzi Alkonis, and his wife, Brittany Alkonis, have asked U.S. officials — including President Joe Biden after the State of the Union address — to intervene so Ridge Alkonis can serve out his sentence in the U.S., but Japanese officials have so far been quiet on the matter.
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