WASHINGTON – House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCall said Thursday he would “pause” the implementation of the committee summons Asked the State Department to produce a 2021 cable in which 23 US diplomats warned Kabul could collapse soon U.S. withdraws troops from Afghanistan.

exist a letter For Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the Texas Republican accepted the State Department’s invitation to review the dissenting cables and the State Department’s response.McCall had previously threatened Put Blinken in contempt of Congress Because no confidential documents were handed over.

“In light of this invitation, I am suspending efforts to enforce the committee’s subpoena until I review the document,” McCall wrote. “Please note, however, that the subpoena remains in full force and acceptance of this settlement does not waive any of the Commission’s rights with respect to the subpoena.”

He also insisted on “allowing other MPs to review dissenting cables and responses”.

Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, will be allowed to review the documents with McCall.

The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on McCall’s letter.

The State Department made various counteroffers to McCall’s March subpoena, including providing a written summary of the contents of the cable in addition to the classified briefing. McCall, however, insisted that the committee receive a full copy of the telegram and the secretary’s response to it.

U.S. quit Operations from Afghanistan were widely seen as chaotic.a deadly attack monastery gate An airstrike at Kabul International Airport killed 13 US service members and 170 Afghan civilians.

The Biden administration has already passed three deadlines for Congress to issue subpoenas to dissenting cables, saying providing Congress with sensitive memos would prevent diplomats from using the channel to express dissent.

The State Department said Wednesday it would allow McCall and Meeks, the two top members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to view the 2021 dissent cables, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.

“The accommodations provided by the Department to date have been excellent and, as stated in our previous correspondence, have created a serious risk that the future use and future of Dissent Channel Telegram will frankly be ignored,” the assistant secretary of state said in the letter. Legislative Affairs Ministry Naz Durakoglu said they called their latest proposal “extraordinary”.

The State Department’s proposal is contingent on the committee suspending all enforcement actions related to the subpoena, including dropping its threat of contempt of court, the letter added.

McCall on Wednesday called the proposal an “important step forward,” but didn’t back down from his threat of defiance.

State Department spokesman Vedante Patel on Thursday defended the department’s involvement.

“I think it’s natural in these discussions to have deliberations and adjustments to the way forward. I’m certainly not speculating and assuming how we’ll continue to engage further with the committee,” Patel told reporters. “However, I would like to reiterate that at every point we have provided tangible, fair and realistic accommodations, which we believe have been fully met and will continue to be fully met with the Committee’s information requests.”