The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee slapped a subpoena on the State Department Wednesday for documents allegedly detailing the agency’s refusal to get tough on Chin…
claiming the department held back on punitive actions in a bid to mend Washington’s relationship with Beijing.
In February, a suspected Chinese spy balloon floated through US airspace for nearly a week and hovered over sensitive military sites. Military officials identified it almost immediately, but didn’t disclose its existence to the public until after civilians spotted it over Montana. Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his planned trip to China in February in response to the balloon situation.Earlier this year, he issued a subpoena for a dissent cable in which US diplomats at the embassy in Kabul warned in July 2021 of serious risks that the Afghanistan government would collapse once American forces withdrew from Afghanistan.Rep. Michael McCaul is one of the leading House Republican voices in the realm of foreign policy.
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