Press Releases: Getting Answers on the Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal

Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the committee has undertaken a wide range of actions to get answers on the Biden administration’s chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, including:

• Chairman McCaul Releases Historic, Comprehensive Report on Biden-Harris Administration’s Afghanistan Withdrawal (September 9, 2024)
• McCaul Subpoenas Secretary Blinken for His Refusal to Testify Before the Committee on the Afghanistan Withdrawal (September 3, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul’s Statement on Third Anniversary of the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan (August 30, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Requests NSA Jake Sullivan Testify on His Role in Biden-Harris Admin’s Deadly Afghanistan Withdrawal (August 27, 2024)
• McCaul Commemorates the 3rd Anniversary of the Abbey Gate Terrorist Attack (August 26, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Releases Transcribed Interview with Jen Psaki (August 22, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul on Third Year Mark Since Biden-Harris Administration Surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban (August 15, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Requests Blinken to Testify on Afghanistan Withdrawal, Honor Sacrifices of Gold Star Families (August 14, 2024)
• Jen Psaki to Testify July 26th (July 2, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Speaks on the House Floor in Support of the Fallen Soldiers in Afghanistan (June 28, 2024)
• McCaul “Disappointed” in Chollet’s Appointment as DOD Chief of Staff, Says He’s “Unqualified,” Not “Trustworthy” (June 24, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Secures Date for Transcribed Interview of Jen Psaki for Afghanistan Withdrawal Investigation (June 17, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Speaks on the House Floor Calling for the Immediate Release of Ryan Corbett (June 12, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Sends Final Letter Requesting Psaki Testify on Afghanistan Withdrawal or Face Subpoena (June 5, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Questions Secretary Blinken (May 23, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing with Secretary Blinken (May 23, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Speaks on H.Res. 616 to Express Support for Afghans Suffering Under Taliban Rule (May 23, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Requests Jen Psaki Interview Regarding Her Role in Afghanistan Withdrawal (May 22, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Issues Statement on SIGAR Finding U.S. Dollars Funneled to Taliban (May 21, 2024)
• Committee Releases Sixth Tranche of Afghanistan Interview Documents (May 20, 2024)
• Committee Releases Fifth Tranche of Afghanistan Interview Documents (May 1, 2024)
• Committee Releases Fourth Tranche of Afghanistan Interview Documents (April 24, 2024)
• McCaul on DOD’s Updated Abbey Gate Investigation (April 15, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Questions Biden’s Top Generals at Hearing on Catastrophic Afghanistan Withdrawal (March 19, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Threatens to Hold Blinken in Contempt if State Continues Withholding Key Afghanistan Withdrawal Documents (February 26, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Delivers Remarks at Hearing Examining Biden Administration’s Catastrophic Afghanistan Withdrawal (February 15, 2024)
• McCaul Calls on Blinken, Mayorkas for Information Regarding Resettlement of Afghan Allies (January 23, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Delivers Remarks At Subcommittee Hearing on Afghanistan (January 12, 2024)
• Chairman McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan Policy Since the U.S. Withdrawal (November 15, 2023)
• McCaul Opposes Biden Admin Attempts to Downplay Taliban’s Terrorist Activity, Normalize Relations with Them (October 2, 2023)
• McCaul Requests Additional Transcribed Interviews for Afghanistan Withdrawal Investigation (September 12, 2023)
• McCaul Requests Transcribed Interviews of State Department Leaders for Afghanistan Withdrawal Investigation (August 30, 2023)
• ICYMI: Chairman McCaul on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” (August 28, 2023)
• McCaul Requests Interview with Sniper’s Commanding Officer at Abbey Gate on Anniversary of Fall of Afghanistan (August 15, 2023)
• Chairman McCaul Announces Committee Roundtable with Abbey Gate Gold Star Families (August 15, 2023)
• McCaul Commemorates Anniversary of Fall of Afghanistan (August 15, 2023)
• McCaul Demands TIs, Documents in Response to State’s “Unacceptable” Noncompliance with Afghanistan Withdrawal Subpoena (August 10, 2023)
• McCaul Reiterates Call for Transparency on Afghan Aid After SIGAR Report Says Taliban Benefitting from Funding (August 10, 2023)
• McCaul Criticizes Admin for Failure to Prepare for Afghanistan Evacuation (July 27, 2023)
• McCaul Applauds Passage of Bill to Refund Money Spent by Veterans, Others During Afghanistan Evacuation (July 26, 2023)
• McCaul Opposes Travel to Afghanistan and Normalization of Taliban (July 24, 2023)
• McCaul Subpoenas Afghanistan After-Action Review Files Following State Dept. Obstruction (July 18, 2024)
• McCaul Says Biden Statements on al Qaeda “Divorced from Reality” (July 6, 2024)
• McCaul: Released Afghanistan Docs Another Attempt to Hide Admin’s Culpability in the Evacuation (June 30, 2023)
• McCaul Demands Blinken to Produce Missing Afghanistan After-Action Review Files (June 28, 2023)
• McCaul on Deteriorating Condition of Taliban Prisoner Ryan Corbett (June 27, 2023)
• McCaul Demands Missing Afghanistan Documents, Threatens Subpoena (June 8, 2023)
• McCaul Secures Access to Dissent Cable for All HFAC Members (June 5, 2023)
• McCaul Presses State Department to Give All Committee Members Access to Afghanistan Dissent Channel Cable and Response (May 29, 2023)
• Chairman McCaul Reads Afghanistan Dissent Channel Cable and State Response (May 23, 2023)
• McCaul, Rogers Press DOD for Answers on Abbey Gate Terrorist Attack During Afghanistan Withdrawal (May 18, 2023)
• McCaul, Meeks Host Roundtable on Crisis Facing Afghan Women and Girls (May 17, 2023)
• McCaul Formally Requests First Transcribed Interviews for Afghanistan Withdrawal Investigation (May 14, 2023)
• McCaul Threatens to Hold Blinken in Contempt if State Continues to Withhold Dissent Cable (May 8, 2023)
• McCaul Slams White House Comments on Afghanistan Withdrawal: “Disgraceful and Insulting” (April 6, 2023)
• McCaul Presses Blinken to Comply With Subpoena (April 6, 2023)
• McCaul Subpoenas Dissent Channel Cable, Response from State Department (March 27, 2023)
• McCaul Questions Blinken on Continued Failure to Produce Dissent Cable, Threatens Subpoena (March 23, 2023)
• McCaul Letter Demands Blinken Produce Afghanistan Documents Ahead of March 23 Testimony or Face Subpoena (March 21, 2023)
• McCaul Gravely Concerned About U.S Taxpayer Dollars Benefitting Taliban-Controlled Entities (March 17, 2023)
• McCaul: State Continues to Mislead American Public on Failed Afghanistan Withdrawal (March 15, 2023)
• McCaul Threatens Subpoena if State Continues Withholding Documents on Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal (March 12, 2023)
• Hearing Witness Says No One Held Accountable for Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal (March 9, 2023)
• McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing Examining Admin’s Disastrous Evacuation From Afghanistan (March 8, 2023)
• McCaul Presses State on Repeated Failure to Provide Requested Afghanistan Withdrawal Documents to Congress (March 3, 2023)
• Chairman McCaul Blasts Biden Admin’s Failure to Hold Taliban Accountable for Abhorrent Treatment of Women and Girls (March 2, 2023)
• ICYMI: McCaul and Amb Rahmani: The Women of Afghanistan Are Suffering – But Not Forgotten (February 7, 2023)
• Chairman McCaul Invites Former Afghanistan Ambassador Roya Rahmani to State of the Union (February 3, 2023)
• Chairman McCaul Fires Back at Biden Admin, Renews Oversight Request on Afghanistan Withdrawal (January 12, 2023)