McCaul says he will hold Blinken in contempt after State Department shrugs off his demands for testimony
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Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul said he still intends to haul in Antony Blinken on the Afghanistan withdrawal, and will hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply.
"Secretary Blinken refuses to take one day out of this month to come before the [Gold Star] families."
McCaul’s comments came on the heels of a 350-page report he released Monday on the withdrawal that the committee worked on for much of the past nearly two years of the Republican majority.
It laid much blame on the State Department and detailed how State officials had no plan for getting Americans and allies out while there were still troops there to protect them.
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