“It’s not an avenue to inform or convey policy to Congress. And we wanted to ensure that we are taking steps to respect and protect the integrity of that channel.”
Republicans on the committee have been probing the circumstances surrounding the disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan in August of 2021 that resulted in theRepublicans on the committee have been probing the circumstances surrounding the disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan in August of 2021.killed by an ISIS suicide bomber
during the chaotic evacuation of Afghans and Americans from the capitol city of Kabul. Hundreds of US citizens were also left stranded in Afghanistan after the last evacuation flight departed on Aug. 30, 2021. McCaul called the State Department’s offer “significant progress” during a Wednesday night interview with CNN, but added that he would also like to see Blinken’s response to the dissent cable and have family members of the service members who died in the terror attack view the cable as well.
“I do applaud them moving forward in the right direction,” McCaul told anchor Wolf Blitzer. “The only issue I have remaining, Wolf, is that I have a lot of Afghan veterans on this committee, and in fairness to them, I believe that they should be able to see this cable as well, not just me and the ranking member.
“If we can work out this last step, then I think we we’ve resolved a litigation fight in the courts,” he added.
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