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