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US House committee chair signs subpoena for State Dept Afghanistan documents

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, attends a news briefing in front of Saint Michael's Cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko

The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he signed a subpoena to be delivered to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for documents related to the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Michael McCaul has launched an investigation into the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan under Democratic President Joe Biden and events in the country since.

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