An August trip for key House Republican staffers to visit embassies most at risk for terrorist attacks is still taking place despite the State Department’s mass closing of embassies in Muslim countries last week.

A spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Committee confirmed that the travel will go forward but declined to offer any details about it.

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