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Congress Subpoenas Blinken Over Afghanistan Withdrawal

Above: US Secretary of State testifies before the Senate in May 2024. Image copyright: Kent Nishimura/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • US Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to testify before Congress about the US' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

  • In a letter, McCaul wrote the committee wants to hear from Blinken as part of its effort to draft "potential legislation aimed at helping prevent the catastrophic mistakes of the withdrawal."

  • This comes as McCaul on September 9 is scheduled to release his committee's report about what it found during a three-year investigation of the withdrawal.


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