House Republicans Postpone Contempt Hearing After Blinken Commits to Produce Documents

The House Foreign Affairs chair had subpoenaed documents on the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) speaks with reporters after the House Republicans meeting securing the GOP nomination for House Speaker in Washington on Oct. 11, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed to cooperate with House Republicans’ request that he release review records about the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan after the lawmakers threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress.

This agreement came after the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), told Mr. Blinken in a Feb. 26 letter that its “patience has been exhausted” over the year-long pursuit of the administration’s internal After-Action Review (AAR) analysis.