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Committee ranking member Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Blinken was questioned about the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)

‘Puppeteer act’: Republicans question whether Biden is calling shots on Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Blinken was questioned about the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. (Jabin Botsford/Pool via AP)

Blinken faces another grilling on Capitol Hill over Afghanistan exit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2021, file photo, provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, families walk towards their flight during ongoing evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A school district in a San Diego suburb that is home to a large refugee population says many of its families who had taken summer trips to Afghanistan to see their relatives have gotten stuck there with the chaos following the withdrawal of U.S. troops. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)

Blinken says ‘most’ Afghan evacuees weren’t vetted before airlift

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined at left by Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., discusses the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan with Secretary of State Antony Blinken who appeared remotely, at the Capitol in Washington on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Republicans hammer Blinken over Afghan debacle while Dems blame Trump

By Ben Wolfgang and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Blinken to testify before Congress

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

‘Leave immediately’: State Dept. warns Americans at Kabul airport amid terror threat

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 9, 2021, file photo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about infrastructure investment at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Blinken contradicts Biden’s assertion that al Qaeda is ‘gone’ from Afghanistan

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Republicans call for State Dept., Pentagon testimony on Afghanistan

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China woos Taliban as U.S. military departs Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold arrives at the port in Qingdao, China. (AP Photo/Borg Wong, File)

Navy says Chinese military’s claim of driving destroyer out of South China Sea is ‘false’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 30, 2018, file photo, a new citizens holds an American flag and passport during a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Kendall Field Office in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) **FILE**

Biden administration eases gender requirements on U.S. passports

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pope Francis talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as they meet at the Vatican, Monday, June 28, 2021. Blinken is on a weeklong trip in Europe traveling to Germany, France and Italy. (Vatican Media via AP Photo)

Pope Francis voices ‘affection’ for Americans as he meets Blinken

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Blinken says U.S.-Russia relations at a low point going into summit

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province. A member of the expert team investigating the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan says the Chinese side granted full access to all sites and personnel they requested to visit and meet with. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) **FILE**

Blinken presses China to join coronavirus origin probe

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S. Embassy in Kabul halts visa process as Afghan allies scramble to escape before troop pullout

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 3, 2009, file photo, Lt. Thomas Goodman, center, of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division meets with villagers in Qatar Kala in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province with his interpreter Ayazudin Hilal, center left with hat. Hilil served as an interpreter alongside U.S. soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, earning a glowing letter of recommendation from an American platoon commander and a medal of commendation. Still, Hilal was turned down when he applied for one of the scarce special visas that would allow him to relocate to the U.S with his family. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

Blinken offers few details of rescue plan for Afghan allies after U.S. pullout

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with the foreign ministers of Mexico and Central American Integration System (SICA) member states at Intercontinental Hotel Costa Rica, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Blinken pressed on alleged Soros link to U.S. moves in Balkans

By Joseph Clark and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013, file photo, Prime Minister Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party concedes defeat in front of his supporters at the party headquarters in Tirana. The United States has sanctioned former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha, barring him from entering the country after being accused of involvement in significant corruption. Berisha, 76, who was also president in the 1990s, is now a lawmaker in the opposition Democratic Party. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday that Berisha was involved in corrupt acts, such as misappropriation of public funds and interfering with public processes. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina) ** FILE **

Sali Berisha, ex-Albanian leader, rejects U.S. charges of corruption

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People stand in a clearing strewn with debris from an israeli airstrike during an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

History As It Happens: Israel and the Palestinians, the never-ending conflict

By Martin Di Caro

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with reporters during a news conference at his hotel, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Antony Blinken turns to ‘effective partner’ Egypt to calm Mideast

By Samy Magdy and Josef Federman - Associated Press