The committee plans to release its report on the Afghanistan withdrawal on Sept. 9.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken to testify on Sept. 19 about the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The subpoena follows up on a May 22 request by committee’s chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) for Blinken to appear at a Sept. 19 hearing regarding the withdrawal.
Blinken was the “final decision maker for the Department on the withdrawal and evacuation,” McCaul wrote in his letter, citing current and former State Department officials.
“You are therefore in a position to inform the committee’s consideration of potential legislation aimed at helping prevent the catastrophic mistakes of the withdrawal, including potential…
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