McCaul Requests Interview with Sniper’s Commanding Officer at Abbey Gate on Anniversary of Fall of Afghanistan

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Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asking the Pentagon to make Lieutenant Colonel Brad Whited, USMC, available to the committee for a transcribed interview (TI). Lt. Col. Whited was the commanding officer of Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews, a Marine sniper who was […]
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McCaul Commemorates Anniversary of Fall of Afghanistan

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Austin, TX – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the Taliban taking control of Kabul and the Afghan government. “Two years ago, Kabul fell to the Taliban and Americans and Afghan allies were forced to flee for their lives. This led to a deadly […]
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McCaul, Kim Statement on VP Lai’s Visit to the US

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) issued the following statement on Taiwanese Vice President Lai’s visit to the United States.  “We welcome Taiwanese Vice President William Lai to the United States, as we had the pleasure of meeting him last April […]
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TUNE IN: Chairman McCaul to Join Fox News Sunday at 9amET/8amCT

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul will join “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream this Sunday, August 13th. “Fox News Sunday” airs at 8:00am CT in Austin, Houston, and Waco/College Station, and at 9:00am ET in Washington, D.C. Chairman McCaul will discuss the upcoming two-year anniversary of Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, […]
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McCaul, Meeks, Salazar, Castro Statement on Assassination of Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio

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Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL), and Ranking Member Joaquin Castro (D-TX) issued the following statement expressing outrage and calling for an investigation and prosecution of the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. “We […]
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McCaul Demands TIs, Documents in Response to State’s “Unacceptable” Noncompliance with Afghanistan Withdrawal Subpoena

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Washington, D.C. – Three weeks ago, after repeated requests and warnings spanning months, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued a subpoena to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to produce the Afghanistan After-Action Review (AAR) files by July 25. To date, the department has failed to comply with the committee’s subpoena, producing only 16 distinct documents. […]
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McCaul on Executive Order Curbing US Tech Investment in China

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the below statement following President Biden’s long-overdue executive order to limit U.S. investments in China.  “While I’m pleased to see the Biden administration restrict new outbound investments in China, the failure to include existing technology investments as well as sectors like biotechnology and energy […]
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McCaul, Smith, Mast Demand Answers From State on Grants Promoting Atheism

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Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a letter to the State Department’s DRL Acting Assistant Secretary Erin Barclay and Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad […]
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