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House GOP subpoenas Blinken to testify on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

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Rep. Michael McCaul , the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee , sent a subpoena letter late Tuesday .

He ordered Secretary of State Antony Blinken to appear before the committee by Sept. 19 or face a contempt of Congress charge.

A State Department spokesman said Blinken is unable to testify on the dates proposed by the committee as he will be traveling for diplomatic work the majority of September .

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