Blinken backs down, will let Congress see Afghan dissent cable that warned of swift Taliban takeover
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The State Department said Wednesday it would let lawmakers view the dissent channel cable related to the withdrawal of Afghanistan, in the face of a contempt vote against Blinken.
Republicans have been investigating the circumstances of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal that led to the death of 13 U.S. service members and stranded hundreds of Americans as U.S. forces fled the country almost as quickly as Taliban forces advanced. Pete Kasperowicz is a politics editor at Fox News Digital.
The State Department’s "dissent channel" allows for contrary views to be expressed by officials, and the dissent cable related to Afghanistan reportedly warns about the likelihood of an immediate collapse in Afghanistan, which President Biden and other top officials downplayed at the time. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel announced Wednesday that it would allow the top two lawmakers on the Foreign Affairs Committee to read the dissent cable.