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House Oversight Committee Holds Hearing on Trump Administration's Afghanistan Strategy

Tia Sewell
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 10:28 AM

On Tuesday, September 22 at 12:00 p.m., the House Oversight and Reform Committee will hold a hearing on the Trump administration's Afghanistan strategy. 

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On Tuesday, September 22 at 12:00 p.m., the House Oversight and Reform Committee will hold a hearing on the Trump administration's Afghanistan strategy at 11:00 a.m.. The committee will examine the February 29, 2020, U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, ongoing efforts to facilitate intra-Afghan reconciliation, and the ramifications of these diplomatic negotiations for the Afghan people, regional stability and U.S. national security. The committee will hear testimony from Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, and David Helvey, the official performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs.

You can watch a livestream of the hearing here and below:


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Tia Sewell is a former associate editor of Lawfare. She studied international relations and economics at Stanford University and is now a master’s student in international security at Sciences Po in Paris.

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