Chairman McCaul Announces Full Committee Hearing with Secretary Blinken on the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

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WASHINGTON – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced a full committee hearing entitled, “An Assessment of the State Department’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan by America’s Top Diplomat,” with testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, December 11th. What: Hearing – “An Assessment of the State Department’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan by America’s Top Diplomat” […]
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McCaul Secures Date for Secretary Blinken’s Appearance at HFAC Committee Hearing

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WASHINGTON – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced he secured Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s commitment to appear at a public hearing dedicated to the chairman’s investigation into the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. “After months of good faith efforts that […]
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McCaul Condemns ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Officials

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement condemning the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Chairman McCaul urged the Senate to pass the bipartisan Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act – which already passed the […]
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Subcommittee Hearing: “Meeting the Challenges of Global Brain Health: Diagnosis and Treatment for the 21st Century”

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Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, “Meeting the Challenges of Global Brain Health: Diagnosis and Treatment for the 21st Century,” on Wednesday, November 20th. What: Hearing – “Meeting the Challenges of Global Brain Health: Diagnosis and Treatment for the 21st Century” Date: […]
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ICYMI: America’s Atheist Diplomacy

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul published an op-ed in “First Things” magazine criticizing the Biden-Harris administration for using taxpayer dollars to promote atheism programs abroad. Over the past few years, Chairman McCaul has conducted an investigation into the misallocation of funds by the State Department and found the Office of International […]
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McCaul Demands Commerce’s BIS Verify SMIC is Not Violating U.S. Export Controls

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Austin, Texas — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez expressing his frustration regarding the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) overall aversion to enforcing export controls against China’s semiconductor industry, including Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), which undermines the […]
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McCaul Urges President Biden to Take Urgent Action to Support Israel Amid Increasing Threats from Iran

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Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter urging President Biden to end bureaucratic delays and surge defense articles to Israel amid increasing threats from Iran and its terrorist proxies. “We are seeing mounting, tangible evidence of the myriad ways that Russia, China, and Iran are enabling each other’s aggression […]
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McCaul Demands USAGM Leadership Be Held Accountable for Whitewashing Agency Failures

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Washington, D.C. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the transcribed interview of Setareh Sieg, a senior official at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which was conducted after more than six months of stonewalling by USAGM and Ms. Sieg. In June of 2024, Chairman McCaul released his report into the culture of corruption and mismanagement […]
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