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Rep. Cory Mills is demanding that the State Department allow all members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to view a dissent cable that could shed light on the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“If there’s nothing in there that’s concerning with regards to the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, then why wouldn’t you make that readily available to each member of Congress within the Foreign Affairs Committee,” Mills, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital Wednesday. “There’s something that doesn’t seem right.”
Mills’ comments come as controversy over access to dissent cables that were sent to the State Department from Kabul continues to grow, with GOP members of the committee demanding that all members be allowed to view what they argue could shed light on what went wrong in the final days of America’s war in Afghanistan.
The dissent cable, which was sent in July 2021 and reported on by the Wall Street Journal a month later, reportedly warned top State Department officials of the possibility that Kabul would fall to the Taliban as U.S.troops left the country. The cable was sent via a dissent channel, which allows State Department officials the opportunity to express concerns to leadership.
AFGHANISTAN DOCUMENT SHOWS BIDEN ‘DIDN’T HEED’ WARNINGS AHEAD OF WITHDRAWAL, REP. MCCAUL SAYS
Rep. Cory Mills (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The State Department has for months sought to limit access to the classified cable, only providing a brief summary of its contents to members of the committee investigating what went wrong with the withdrawal. But GOP members have sought even greater transparency, demanding that the full contents of the cable be made available for review.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y. were granted an opportunity to view the full contents of the cable on Tuesday, but only after McCaul signed off on a subpoena that was delivered to Secretary of State Antony…
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