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A Republican-led U.S. congressional committee recommended on Tuesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking information about the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 26-25 in favor of a report recommending that the full House find Blinken in contempt after he did not appear at a hearing on Tuesday morning on the withdrawal. Every yes vote came from Republicans and every Democrat voted no, reflecting deep political divisions over the chaotic evacuation of…

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