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American Military News
22-07-2025
- American Military News
Video: Plane engine fire forces emergency landing in Los Angeles
A Delta A350 767 commercial aircraft rests during Operation Allies Refuge at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 24, 2021. This is the first time Delta Airlines is transporting evacuees from Ramstein to more permanent resettlement locations as part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet for Operation Allies Refuge. Team Ramstein is providing safe, temporary lodging for evacuees from Afghanistan. Operation Allies Refuge is facilitating the quick, safe evacuation of U.S. citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants and other at-risk Afghans from Afghanistan. Evacuees receive support, such as temporary lodging, food and water and access to medical care as well as religious care at Ramstein Air Base while preparing for onward movements to their final locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Milton Hamilton)
Associated Press
21-02-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Vance criticizes Germany's free speech laws in remarks to conservatives
BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany's free speech laws during an appearance at a conservative gathering outside Washington, linking the country's limits against hate speech to American troops stationed there. German law sets restrictions on free speech, including the long-standing ban on Holocaust denial and any glorification of the country's Nazi past. The limits are an effort to curb extremism and incitement, and have led to authorities policing the internet for hate speech and arresting the people allegedly posting, and reposting, such comments. 'There are thousands upon thousands of American troops in Germany today. Do you think that the American taxpayer is going to stand for that, if you get thrown in jail in Germany for posting a mean tweet? Of course they're not,' Vance told activists gathered Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. The U.S. military is stationed throughout Germany, according to U.S. European Command, including at Ramstein Air Base. Vance's remarks followed his speech earlier this month at the Munich Security Conference, where he lectured European leaders about the state of democracy and free speech across the continent. His comments were met with rebukes from multiple European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. 'Obviously we're going to continue to have important alliances with Europe,' Vance told CPAC moderator Mercedes Schlapp. 'But I really do think the strength of those alliances is doing to depend on whether we take our societies in the right direction.' Vance then claimed that 'Germany's entire defense is subsidized by the American taxpayers.'
