{"id":2026048,"date":"2023-09-08T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/current-former-state-department-officials-miss-deadline-for-interviews-about-afghan-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:50:12","slug":"current-former-state-department-officials-miss-deadline-for-interviews-about-afghan-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/current-former-state-department-officials-miss-deadline-for-interviews-about-afghan-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department officials, both current and former, fail to meet interview deadline on Afghan withdrawal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fcurrent-former-state-department-officials-miss-deadline-for-interviews-about-afghan-withdrawal%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=2026048&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>Nine\u200d State\u200d Department Officials Fail to Comply with Interview Requests \u2062on Afghanistan Withdrawal<\/h2>\n<p>Nine current and former State Department officials\u200d have\u200c failed to comply with a deadline to submit to transcribed interviews with the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the 2021 U.S. \u200cwithdrawal from Afghanistan, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the committee&#8217;s chairman.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The State Department has indicated that all requested department officials are willing to cooperate with the committee&#8217;s request but has yet to \u2064schedule any of \u2062the \u2064interviews,&#8221; \u2062said Mr. McCaul in a\u2063 statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I expect these interviews to be \u2063scheduled without further delay,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;These are crucial witnesses for the committee&#8217;s investigation, and I\u2064 will leave no stone unturned\u200b in getting answers \u2063for\u200c our Gold \u200bStar families, veterans,\u2064 and the\u2062 American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/how-bidens-afghanistan-fiasco-changed-the-world-5487899\">How Biden\u2019s Afghanistan\u200c Fiasco Changed the \u200cWorld<\/a> &#8211; 9\/8\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/rep-mccaul-seeks-answers-from-9-diplomats-on-the-deadly-afghanistan-withdrawal-5484286\">Rep. McCaul Seeks Answers From 9 Diplomats on\u2064 the\u2062 Deadly\u200c Afghanistan\u200b Withdrawal<\/a> &#8211; 8\/31\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Epoch Times\u2064 has reached out to\u200d the State \u200cDepartment for \u2063comment.<\/p>\n<p>The current \u200band former officials the committee wants interviews from are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under Secretary of\u200c State for Management and former U.S. Ambassador\u200c to Afghanistan John Bass<\/li>\n<li>State \u2064Department Counselor Derek Chollet<\/li>\n<li>Chief of Staff \u200dto the Secretary Suzy George<\/li>\n<li>Director\u2064 of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Ambassador to\u2064 Nepal and \u2062former Acting Assistant Secretary for \u2064South and Central Asia Dean Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Former acting Under Secretary of State for Management Carol \u2063Perez<\/li>\n<li>Former U.S. Special Representative\u200b for \u200dAfghanistan Reconciliation\u200b Zalmay Khalilzad<\/li>\n<li>Former Deputy Secretary\u200d of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon<\/li>\n<li>Former acting U.S. Ambassador \u200cto Afghanistan Ross Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Through our ongoing\u200c investigation, \u200cwe \u200chave determined\u2064 these individuals have important information that \u2062is critical to uncovering how and why the Biden administration&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan\u2064 resulted in a disgraceful surrender to the Taliban, the death of 13 U.S. servicemembers, and the \u200binjury of 45 more \u2014 all of which could have been prevented,&#8221; said\u200d Mr. McCaul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was an unmitigated disaster\u200d of epic proportions, and I will not rest until the American people receive the\u2063 transparency and\u2062 answers they deserve,&#8221; \u2062he continued. &#8220;The committee will continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-demands-transcribed-interviews-with-state-department-officials-on-chaotic-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"GOP Leader Requests Transcripts of Interviews on Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal.\">interview additional current<\/a> and former\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-officially-becomes-nothing-more-than-birdcage-liner\/\" title=\"Washington Post Officially Becomes Nothing More Than Birdcage Liner\">administration officials involved<\/a> in the planning and execution of the \u200dwithdrawal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The missed \u200bdeadline comes over a \u2063week\u2064 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">family members<\/a> of eight of\u2062 the 13 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-10-us-service-members-now-reported-killed-in-kabul-bombings-death-toll-likely-to-rise\/\" title=\"At Least 10 US Service Members Now Reported Killed In Kabul Bombings, \u2018Death Toll Likely To Rise\u2019\">service members killed<\/a> in an ISIS terrorist attack on Aug. 26, 2021,\u200d at the Abbey Gate outside\u200d Hamid Karzai International Airport \u200cin Kabul, Afghanistan,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/families-of-service-members-killed-in-kabul-attack-demand-accountability-2-years-after-afghan-withdrawal-5482735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voiced their feelings<\/a> on Aug. 29\u2014just over two years since the bombing, which \u200coccurred\u2063 just days \u200bbefore the United States and its allies\u2062 departed Afghanistan following the 20-year war there.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/current-former-state-department-officials-miss-deadline-for-interviews-about-afghan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"State Department officials, both current and former, fail to meet interview deadline on Afghan withdrawal.\">committee-hosted roundtable discussion<\/a>, which lasted almost \u2063three hours, there were calls for accountability, transparency, and even resignations\u200c directed at President Joe Biden and his\u200c administration.<\/p>\n<p>During the discussion, Mr. McCaul read\u2062 a statement he had just received from Joint Chiefs\u2063 Chairman Gen. Mark Milley.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2062 owe them transparency, we owe them honesty, we owe them accountability. We owe them the truth about\u200c what happened to their loved ones,&#8221;\u200c he\u2063 said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine State Department officials did not meet the Sept. 7 deadline to participate in transcribed interviews with the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the committee&#8217;s chairman. 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