Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Jedidiah Royal testifies during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill about the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down, alongside Principal Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs Melissa Dalton and Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II, Director for Operations Joint Staff, in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein