The State Department said it would allow leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to review a partially redacted, classified dissent cable written by U.S. personnel related to the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Republican committee Chairman Michael McCaul of Texas had announced last week plans for a committee vote on May 24 regarding whether
"Despite the materially increased risk that additional disclosures of the Dissent Channel cable could further deter Department employees from using the Dissent Channel in the future for its intended purposes of informing internal deliberations," the letter read,"as an additional extraordinary accommodation, the Department is prepared to invite you and the Ranking Member of the Committee to visit the Department at your convenience to read this cable and its response, with the...
"Chairman McCaul himself has said that this is what he is interested in, and so it is our sincere hope that our offer here will sufficiently satisfy their request for information," State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said Wednesday, reiterating that the dissent channel was considered an"integral and sacred" avenue for feedback within the department.
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