{"id":121616,"date":"2023-01-13T17:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/13\/house-gop-demands-state-dept-turn-over-thousands-of-afghanistan-memos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:02:27","slug":"house-gop-demands-state-dept-turn-over-thousands-of-afghanistan-memos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2023\/01\/13\/house-gop-demands-state-dept-turn-over-thousands-of-afghanistan-memos\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP demands State Dept turn over thousands of Afghanistan memos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2022\/08\/29\/gop-lawmakers-plan-more-hearings-oversight-on-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\">House Republicans<\/a> are launching their oversight into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2022\/08\/30\/a-year-later-vets-accept-that-they-cant-save-every-afghan-ally\/\" target=\"_blank\">chaotic withdrawal<\/a> of U.S. troops from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan<\/a> two years ago with a demand for thousands of documents related to State Department discussions about operations and planning there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late Thursday evening, new <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">House Foreign Affairs Committee<\/a> Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting he turn over 94 separate batches of memos, communications, emails and other records related to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list includes items such as \u201call State Department dissent channel messages from 2020 and 2021 relating to the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan,\u201d \u201cthe total number of task forces involved with the Afghanistan withdrawal\/evacuation and staff assigned to each task force,\u201d and all documentation of equipment lost or left behind in the pull out.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/01\/10\/republicans-name-chairmen-for-armed-services-vet-affairs-committees\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1337488158.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Republicans name chairmen for Armed Services, Vet Affairs committees<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Rep. Mike Rogers will lead the military panel, while Rep. Mike Bost will lead the veterans committee.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCaul in a statement said the long list is the accumulation of dozens of requests by Republican lawmakers in recent months that they say have been ignored by administration officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe committee will use the authorities available to it to enforce these requests as necessary, including through a compulsory process,\u201d he said. \u201c[We] will pursue this investigation until all our questions are answered and all parties responsible are held accountable. We owe this to the American people, especially our service members and veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The request is the first of what is expected to be numerous oversight efforts from the Republican-controlled chamber in coming months. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., has promised similar inquiries directed at the Defense Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the withdrawal of all U.S. troops and embassy personnel from Afghanistan in August 2021, Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate have held several hearings and public inquiries into the decisions leading up to the departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2022\/08\/29\/gop-lawmakers-plan-more-hearings-oversight-on-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22229064409824.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">GOP lawmakers plan more hearings, oversight on Afghanistan withdrawal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">If GOP leaders win control of either chamber of Congress, expect lawmakers to focus on mistakes by the White House at the end of the U.S. presence there.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But most of that work has been focused on the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan over nearly two decades, and not solely on the few months leading up to the end date. 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