FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is urging the House Armed Services Committee to summon Secretary of State Antony Blinken for congressional testimony to assess how the State Department’s “failed foreign policy decisions” have “endangered” U.S. forces in Africa.
“The intended purpose of this investigative hearing is to ensure the Global Fragility Strategy (GFS) isn’t negatively impacted by DoS’ recent failures in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso that have led to a loss of security access for U.S. forces,” Gaetz wrote to Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., on Thursday.
Gaetz said the hearing is “in the interest of my constituents,” as U.S. troops were notified over the weekend they would be removed from Niger, just a day after Gaetz published a report on what he called the State and Defense Departments’ “coverup of security concerns and mistreatment of service members.“
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The Florida Republican is also requesting testimony from …