US House committee chair gives Monday deadline to Blinken in Afghan subpoena threat – By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis (Reuters) / Mar 23 2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday gave the State Department until Monday to produce documents related to the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, or face a subpoena.
“I have the subpoena. it’s right here. And I’m prepared to serve this,” Representative Michael McCaul told Secretary of State Antony Blinken as he testified to the committee about the department’s budget request.
McCaul has launched an investigation into the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan and events in the country since. Republicans – and some Democrats – say there has never been a full accounting of the chaotic operation, in which 13 U.S. service members were killed at Kabul’s airport.
McCaul sent a letter to Blinken this week requesting the information before Thursday. The letter noted that McCaul had sent a comprehensive document request on the withdrawal on Jan. 12, and a follow-up letter on March 3, among other requests.
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