A July 2021 message from U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan warning that Kabul could collapse if American troops withdrew is the focus of a fight between House Republicans who want a copy of it — and the State Department, which doesn't want to give it up.
A July 2021 message from U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan warning that Kabul could collapse if American troops withdrew is the focus of a fight between House Republicans who want a copy of the message — and the State Department, which doesn't want to give it up.The flap over the cable message pits Republicans' efforts to probe the Biden administration's messy exit from Afghanistan vs. the State Department's desire to protect its secret "dissent channel.
The State Department says it opposes sharing the cable to protect the sanctity of the dissent channel.“We have made multiple good faith attempts to find common ground," McCaul said. "Unfortunately, Secretary Blinken has refused to provide the dissent cable and his response to the cable, forcing me to issue my first subpoena as chairman of this committee."
The State Department's principal deputy spokesperson, Vedant Patel, said in a statement the department “followed up with the committee to reiterate its willingness to provide a briefing about the concerns raised and the challenges identified by Embassy Kabul, including in the dissent channel.
It also promised to provide the classified after action report by "mid-April," according to a March 22 letter from State to the committee that was reviewed by Axios.
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