{"id":1940989,"date":"2023-05-30T21:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T01:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-demands-state-department-give-full-committee-access-to-afghan-dissent-cable\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T01:33:08","slug":"mccaul-demands-state-department-give-full-committee-access-to-afghan-dissent-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-demands-state-department-give-full-committee-access-to-afghan-dissent-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"McCaul wants State Dept. to grant full committee access to Afghan dissent cable."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccaul-demands-state-department-give-full-committee-access-to-afghan-dissent-cable%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Republican Calls for Further Access to Dissent Channel Cable on Afghanistan Withdrawal<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0530\/5addbd3c-f555-471a-a98a-addc3fe2f088\/audio.mp3?length=2056077&#038;duration=171\"><\/div>\n<p>A House Republican is demanding that the State Department provide further access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable on the military withdrawal from Afghanistan. And he&#8217;s not alone in his call for transparency.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Happening?<\/h3>\n<p>House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has asserted that for the State Department to fully comply with the March 28 subpoena from his committee, they must allow all committee members to access the document. Only McCaul and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-carper-announces-bill-to-give-d-c-statehood\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Carper announces bill to give D.C. statehood\">ranking member<\/a> of the committee, have had access to the cable, which the State Department provided on May 23.<\/p>\n<h3>Why It Matters<\/h3>\n<p>McCaul said in his May 29 letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-29-23-McCaul-Letter-to-Blinken-Dissent-Channel-Subpoena53.pdf\">pdf<\/a>), \u201cReading the original documents has significantly enhanced my understanding of the deteriorating conditions on the ground in Afghanistan and the direness of the dissenting officials\u2019 warnings to the Department\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">chairman<\/a>, after reviewing the cable, he \u201cunequivocally states\u201d that the summary and briefing from the State Department were \u201cnot an adequate substitute\u201d for members of his committee having actual access to the documents: \u201cI believe it is essential that every one of the Committee\u2019s Members\u2014Democrat and Republican\u2014have the same opportunity that Ranking Member Meeks and I did to review them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<p>McCaul asserted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-demands-state-department-give-full-committee-access-to-afghan-dissent-cable\/\" title=\"McCaul wants State Dept. to grant full committee access to Afghan dissent cable.\">original cable makes<\/a> it clear what officials were made aware of before making the decision of when and how to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. He also referred to the March subpoena to the State Department, saying that in order to comply with the subpoena and in the interest of allowing his committee their appropriate oversight into the international movements of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">executive branch<\/a>, the State Department must provide access to the documents to all committee members and the American people.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the State Department will comply with McCaul&#8217;s request for transparency, but the call for accountability and oversight is an important one.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A House Republican is calling for further access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable on the military withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<li>House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has asserted that for the State Department to fully comply with the March 28 subpoena from his committee, they must allow all committee members to access the document.<\/li>\n<li>McCaul believes that every member of the committee should have the same opportunity to review the documents as he and Ranking Member Meeks did.<\/li>\n<li>The call for transparency and oversight is an important one in holding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-possible-ukrainian-born-rep-spartz-says-zelenskyys-plea-for-no-fly-zone-wont-happen-anytime-soon\/\" title=\"\u2018Not Possible\u2019: Ukrainian-Born Rep. Spartz Says Zelenskyy\u2019s Plea For No-Fly Zone Won\u2019t Happen Anytime Soon\">executive branch accountable<\/a> for its actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republican Michael McCaul is urging the State Department to grant more access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable regarding the Afghanistan military withdrawal. McCaul, the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, believes that the State Department must comply with his committee&#8217;s March 28 subpoena by providing full access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1843,"featured_media":1940990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[8343,6782,13128,4384,4098,13729,5581,13724],"class_list":["post-1940989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-access","tag-afghan","tag-cable","tag-committee","tag-dept","tag-dissent","tag-grant","tag-mccaul"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1940990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1940989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1940989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}