Current, Former State Department Officials Miss Deadline for Interviews About Afghan Withdrawal

“The State Department has indicated that all requested department officials are willing to cooperate with the committee’s request, but has yet to schedule any o

A general view of Kabul city, Afghanistan, on Aug. 10, 2023. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

Nine current and former State Department officials failed to comply with a Sept. 7 deadline to submit to transcribed interviews with the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, said the committee’s chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), on Sept. 8.

“The State Department has indicated that all requested department officials are willing to cooperate with the committee’s request but has yet to schedule any of the interviews,” said Mr. McCaul in a statement.