House panel threatens vote to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress
for refusing to turn over documents related to the Biden administration’s abrupt U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly two years ago.The Texas Republican disclosed his plans after Mr.
refused to comply with a subpoena that set a May 11 deadline to turn over a dissent cable outlining concerns among U.S. diplomats from the embassy in Kabul ahead of the pullout.told the committee in March he would never release it because doing so would damage the integrity of critical communications between the department and diplomats.in April on the documents he is seeking but will not hand them over.
House Republicans, who took the majority in January and now have subpoena power, intensified their quest for information leading up to the chaotic August 2021 withdrawal that led to the deaths of 13 servicemen and women and left thousands of Americans behind in addition to millions of dollars worth of military equipment.
President Biden has largely blamed his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, for setting up the conditions that led to the botched pullout.
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