Blinken omitted key docs related to Afghan withdrawal  – IOTW Report

Blinken omitted key docs related to Afghan withdrawal 

JTN: The Needle and the Haystack: Though the State Department provided about 300 docs to House Foreign Affairs Committee it didn’t include eight potentially critical documents that Chairman McCaul requested in his August 9 letter to Secretary Blinken.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken omitted eight key documents related to the Afghanistan withdrawal in his response to a request from House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, Just The News has learned. Commentators on foreign policy, such as former Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Ok.), called the withdrawal “disastrous.” 

The State Department provided about 300 documents to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday but it didn’t appear to include the eight that McCaul requested in unredacted form in his August 9 letter to Blinken, according to a committee source. The deadline to provide those was Tuesday.

The requested documents included several memos from Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Todd Brown that McCaul said are identified in the Afghanistan After-Action Review (AAR). “The AAR files are necessary to inform the Committee’s consideration of potential legislation aimed at helping prevent the catastrophic mistakes of the withdrawal from happening again,” said McCaul in a statement on August 10. more

6 Comments on Blinken omitted key docs related to Afghan withdrawal 

  1. “Time is of the essence and we owe our veterans and our Gold Star families answers.”

    Biden’s full on chaotic retreat was completed on August 30, 2021.

    After two years “Time is of the Essence” for an explanation for the complete failure of Biden’s RETREAT from Afghanistan??

    Since then Biden has given the Taliban $2.3 BILLION Dollars.

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