On Tuesday, House Republicans demanded the State Department offer an explanation for the “trend” of U.S. embassy closures and staff evacuations during the past few years of the Biden administration.
Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting a briefing on how the United States can meet its foreign policy objectives with a “diminished diplomatic presence” in “high-threat” countries.
The chairman noted the State Department has been “forced to reduce or suspend operations at several posts across the globe since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, including in Burma, Afghanistan, Belarus, Russia, Sudan, and Niger.”
🚨BREAKING🚨@RepJamesComer is investigating the Biden Administration’s series of embassy closures and partial evacuations around the world.
Since President Biden took office, the State…
