Rep. McCaul accepts State Department offer to review Afghanistan 'dissent cable'

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has paused his efforts to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for withholding a "dissent cable" from diplomats who warned of the risks of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The State Department agreed to let McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks see the cable "in camera" with the names of the officials who authored the messages redacted. The cable contains the signatures of 23 State Department officials and was sent on or about July 13, 2021, weeks before the Biden administration removed US forces and the Taliban took over Kabul.