The House Foreign Affairs Committee will convene its first hearing in its review of the U.S.

withdrawal from Afghanistan on March 8 and is set to invite the leaders of 2 groups that arranged charter flights that evacuated thousands of individuals from the country in August 2021.

The March 8 hearing will feature testimony from the leaders of Allied Airlift 21 and Task Force Pineapple.The hearing is the panel&& s initially on Afghanistan since the GOP took control of Congress, constructing on work under now-Chairman Michael McCaul that consisted of a report criticizing President Joe Biden for the chaotic exit from the country.The offer to leave the country was first brokered under former President Trump.The committee has actually explained it wishes to use its newfound power to secure more cooperation from the Biden administration to examine the exit, The Hill reported.&& The Biden administration&& s, and particularly the State Department&& s, rejection to offer Congress with the needed info concerning America&& s genuine withdrawal from Afghanistan has obstructed the Minority Committee&& s ability to complete an extensive investigation,& & according to the report, which was released at the anniversary of the withdrawal last August.Other agencies have actually similarly grumbled about resistance to their oversight efforts from the Biden administration.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has actually informed lawmakers on 2 occasions that it has actually faced trouble securing information from both the State Department and U.S.

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