INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed to provide a congressional committee with documents it sought about the 2021 U.S
withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to the panel chairman who had threatened to hold Blinken in contempt, Reuters reported.The House
Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday postponed a meeting where it had been due to consider holding Blinken in contempt of Congress for not
providing the documents, said the panel&s Republican chairman, Representative Michael McCaul.McCaul said he spoke with Blinken Wednesday
night and received assurances the material would be provided.&These documents will provide crucial information for our investigation,&
McCaul said in a statement.McCaul said last week the panel would meet on March 7 to consider a resolution recommending that Blinken be held
in contempt &for his continued refusal to comply with a subpoena served by the committee in July.&A State Department spokesperson responded
that it was in touch with the House committee and trying to resolve the issue, read the report.The committee has been seeking more
information from the State Department for months over the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021
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.The State Department says it has turned over thousands of pages of documents to the committee
and made witnesses available for transcribed interviews.The post US panel postpones meeting to hold Blinken in contempt over Afghanistan
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