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House Foreign Affairs Committee adjourns after subpoenaed Secretary Blinken fails to appear; panel to begin contempt markup
Summary
The House Foreign Affairs Committee adjourned after an unnamed committee member said Secretary Antony Blinken did not appear following a Sept. 18, 2024 subpoena and announced plans to begin a markup to consider holding him in contempt; the committee adjourned without objection.
An unnamed member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee opened a hearing on the State Department’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not appear after being subpoenaed on Sept. 18, 2024. The member said the secretary had “chosen not to appear and to willfully defy the subpoena under Article I of the Constitution” and announced plans to begin a markup to consider citing him for…
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