Blinken agrees to House Foreign Affairs testimony after contempt threat

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will finally appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to testify on America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the latest step in the committee’s dance with the secretary after it threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress.

Blinken committed to attending a hearing on Dec. 11 regarding the withdrawal that left 13 U.S. service members and nearly 200 Afghans dead after “months of good faith efforts that were too often met with stonewalling,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said in a statement Tuesday.