Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, Chairman McCaul and the Committee on Foreign Affairs Republicans have conducted nearly 20 transcribed interviews senior Biden-Harris administration officials, including:
- Under Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs John Bass, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, led the evacuation operation after Kabul fell
- Jen Psaki, former White House Press Secretary
- General Austin Scott Miller, Commander of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission and U.S Forces Afghanistan from September 2018 to July 2021, shortly before the fall of Kabul.
- Derek Chollet, Chief of Staff to Defense Secretary Austin and former Counselor to the State Department during the withdrawal
- Suzy George, Chief of Staff to Secretary Blinken during the withdrawal
- Senior Adviser Ned Price, State Department Spokesperson during the withdrawal
- Former Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Brian McKeon, D-MR during Afghanistan withdrawal
- Former Ambassador Carol Perez, Acting Undersecretary for Management during Afghanistan withdrawal
- Former Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation
- Former Ambassador Ross Wilson, Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Kabul
- Consul General Jayne Howell, Consul General to Ankara, Turkey, and Consular Lead during August 2021 Evacuation
- Consul General James DeHart, Afghanistan Task Force and Second-in-Command to Under Secretary Bass during the evacuation
- Sam Aronson, Foreign Service Officer deployed to Kabul for the August 2021 evacuation
- Ambassador Dean Thompson, Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau throughout the Afghanistan withdrawal and NEO
- Jonathan Mennuti, Chief of Staff to Acting Under Secretary of State for Management Carol Perez throughout the Afghanistan withdrawal and NEO
- Mark Evans, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan throughout the Afghanistan withdrawal and NEO
- Ambassador Dan Smith, author of the State Department’s After Action Review
- Salman Ahmed, Director of State Department Policy Planning throughout the Afghanistan withdrawal and NEO