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A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, as the capital was captured by Taliban forces. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

House GOP highlights administration failings in report on botched Afghanistan withdrawal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, center, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes an unannounced visit in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photos/Lolita Baldor, File)

House Republicans release report blaming Biden for disastrous end to U.S. war in Afghanistan

By Farnoush Amiri and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

The United States and South Korea alliance: An enduring friendship in the 21st century

By U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, M.D.

Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and other progressive candidates pose for a selfie taken by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Ilhan Omar embarks on new path no longer defined by ‘firsts’

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., plays a recording of a death threat left on her voicemail in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House GOP eyeing backdoor tactic to block Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

By Kerry Picket and Haris Alic - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to employees at The Eli's Cheesecake Company during a visit Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Chicago. Blinken applauded the Chicago based company for their commitment to hiring refugees and immigrants. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Rep. McCaul grills Blinken over State Department officials’ ties to Penn Biden Center

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on April 14, 2021. Biden announced the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Veterans pin hopes for accountability on House GOP probe of botched U.S. pullout from Afghanistan

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

House Democrats block Republicans’ push for oversight of Ukraine aid

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., speaks during a news conference, Nov. 15, 2022, after voting on top House Republican leadership positions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican Party’s narrow capture of the House majority is poised to transform the agenda in Washington, empowering GOP lawmakers to pursue conservative goals and vigorously challenge the policies of President Joe Biden and his administration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

McCarthy set to bounce Democrats Schiff, Omar and Swalwell from House committees

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, assist qualified evacuees boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Afghanistan chaos: GOP report reveals new details of Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug.16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death. (Verified UGC via AP)

House Republicans request interviews with 34 Biden officials on botched Afghan withdrawal

By Joseph Clark - 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**

Top House Republican stands up independent Afghanistan probe

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)

Capitol Hill critics warn Biden faces another Vietnam

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this file photo, then-State Department Inspector General Steve Linick leaves a meeting in a secure area at the Capitol where he met with Senate staff about the State Department and Ukraine, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Top State Dept. official to testify before House panel on Steve Linick firing

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mike Pompeo, House panel spar during tense Iran hearing

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes questions from reporters during a flight from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to Germany, Thursday, February 13, 2020. With tensions between the United States and Europe running high over numerous issues, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are descending on the German city of Munich for an annual security forum. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

House panel sets date for Pompeo testimony on Iran

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefs reporters about additional sanctions placed on Iran, at the White House, Friday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington with and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Mike Pompeo rebuffs Hill invite to testify on Iran, Soleimani strike

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad smiles at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Eliot Engel withdraws subpoena of Zalmay Khalilzad

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

The first shipments of the Russian S-400 missile defense system have arrived in Turkey, moving the country closer to a standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged the NATO member to pull back from the deal and warned that it will face economic sanctions. (Associated Press)

Turkey’s Russia missile system means U.S. sanctions

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, stops to talk to members of the media after meeting with President Donald Trump and members of the GOP leadership at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Michael McCaul: Turkey purchase of Russian S-400 missile system ‘very problematic’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times