After long wrangling, Blinken to testify in Congress on Afghanistan

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Source: Reuters

November 26, 2024 1:13 PM EST Updated 5 hours ago


WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed to testify publicly at a House of Representatives committee hearing on the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the panel said on Tuesday, after a long dispute with the Republican-led committee.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said Blinken had committed to appear at a public hearing on Dec. 11 to discuss the committee's investigation of the withdrawal three years ago.

The committee and the State Department have been wrangling over Blinken's appearance for months. Panel Republicans voted in September to recommend Blinken be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena.

The State Department had contended that the panel was provided with large amounts of information, with Blinken testifying before Congress on Afghanistan more than 14 times and the department providing nearly 20,000 pages of records, multiple high-level briefings and transcribed interviews.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/after-long-wrangling-blinken-testify-congress-afghanistan-2024-11-26/

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1. ONE bomb, set off by ISIS-K.

Tragic, sure, but due to incompetence of the Biden Admin? Please.

Otherwise, the pile of shit that MFer left Biden went as well as could be expected. The US had Taliban COOPERATION. FFS.

Blinken should tell any and all GQP Congressmen to get fucked.