EXCLUSIVE: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is vowing to stop the export of technologies to China and hold the Biden administration accountable for the chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 as his top committee priorities.
McCaul, R-Texas, said one of the first actions he plans to take is requesting to view the classified dissenting cable that U.S. State Department employees sent warning about a deteriorating security situation and urging the immediate evacuation of allies.
“I want to see the dissenting cable from the embassy. Twenty-three employees took a very extraordinary step, basically objecting to the policy of the president of the United States, or the administration,” McCaul told Fox News Digital. “I’d like to see what they had to say. So far, they will not produce this document. It makes me wonder if they will not produce documents to me in a cooperative way that, you know, as a federal prosecutor, ‘what are you trying to hide?'”
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“I have subpoena power. I reserve that until necessary. But I’m prepared to do that to get answers to these questions,” McCaul said. He plans to investigate the impetus for the suicide bomber to leave Bagram and kill 13 U.S. service members, the reason why Bagram Airport was turned over to the Taliban and other issues.
“There were so many mistakes made,” he said, noting that his background as a former federal prosecutor will lead him to discover the facts and evidence. He said that evidence may lead him to certain administration officials who “may have acted improperly.”
Although accountability on Afghanistan is an imperative, McCaul told Fox News Digital that his top priority is preventing U.S. dependence China, which threatens national security.
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“I think my number one [priority] is to stop the…
