Republicans challenge Blinken on Afghanistan withdrawal and detainment of Americans.

Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, demanded Secretary of State Antony Blinken to provide documents related to the chaotic and deadly US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, including a dissent cable authored by at least 23 diplomats serving at the US Embassy in Kabul in July 2021. Blinken refused to provide the physical copy of the cable to maintain the integrity of the Dissent Channel, a protected way for diplomats to raise serious and grave concerns on foreign policy directly to the secretary of State without fear of reprisal or retribution. McCaul called the State Department's reasoning "bullshit" and gave Blinken until the end of Monday to turn over the document.