U.S. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN REP. GREGORY W. MEEKS CALLS FOR HEARING ON THE COLLAPSE OF AFGHANISTAN
" U.S. House Representative, Gregory W. Meeks Chairman Of The House Foreign Affairs Committee Invites Secretary Of State Antony Blinken & Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin To Testify."
August 18, 2021 By: Englebrook Independent News,
WASHINGTON, DC.- On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, U.S. House Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chairman of The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced that he has invited Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to testify at a hearing as soon as possible before the Committee to apprise Congress of the situation unfolding in Afghanistan.
U.S. House Rep. Meeks last night stated, " The situation in Afghanistan is rapidly changing and it is imperative that The Administration provide to the American people and Congress transparency about its Afghanistan Strategy. I have asked Secretaries Bilken and Austin to testify before The House Foreign Affairs Committee and tell Congress what The Administration's plan is to safely evacuate American Citizens, SIVs, and other vulnerable Afghans from the country, and to understand our broader Counter Terrorism Strategy in South Asia following the collapse of The Ghani Government."
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