Who Sen. Mike Lee says Japanese prime minister needs to have with him at White House summit
Posted on AllSides January 9th, 2023
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to be in Washington on Friday, and a Utah senator says he needs to have imprisoned Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis with him. In a long string of tweets Sunday and Monday on his personal account, including quoting a Wall Street Journal editorial calling for Alkonis’ return to the United States, Republican Sen. Mike Lee continued to push for the federal government to work with Japan to free the lieutenant. “As I’ve worked on this case for more than 18 months, I’ve been left...
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