McCaul detained at Dulles, acknowledges mistake in mixing alcohol, Ambien

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Wednesday acknowledged he had been briefly detained at Dulles International Airport earlier this month because airport authorities thought he appeared drunk.

McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, acknowledged in a statement to NewsNation, The Hill's sister network, that he had made a “mistake” in mixing the sleep medication Ambien and alcohol.

"This was the result of a poor decision I made to mix an Ambien — which I took in order to sleep on the upcoming flight ...