Blinken to testify to U.S. Congress on Afghanistan next weekBlinken to testify to U.S. Congress on Afghanistan next weekWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify at least twice in Congress next week as lawmakers examine the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, after Senate and House of Representatives committees promised aggressive investigations. Opposition Republicans have blamed Democratic President Joe Biden for events surrounding the collapse of Afghanistan’s U.S.-backed government and the takeover by the militant Islamist Taliban. Biden’s Democrats, who narrowly control both houses of Congress, said they want to examine all of the two decades of conflict, under presidents from both parties. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Editing by Franklin Paul, Alistair Bell and Dan Grebler)

Source: National Post September 07, 2021 21:22 UTC