House GOP subpoena State Department for China sanction docs

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The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee slapped a subpoena on the State Department Wednesday for documents allegedly detailing the agency’s refusal to get tough on China. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) issued the subpoena demanding Secretary of State Antony Blinken furnish files that could shed light on whether the department shied away from deploying sanctions and export controls on Beijing-backed entities in response to the spy balloon debacle earlier this year. “Given the State Department’s continued refusal to comply with my committee’s urgent request for crucial information related to China, I am left with no choice but to...