Early next week the Foreign Affairs committee would hold a hearing to demand answers of top Biden administration officials on the US' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Pelosi said Foreign Affairs Chairman Meeks told the caucus Wednesday his committee would hold an investigation beginning 'early next week'. Dems of other committees are pushing for their own hearings.
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