Republican lawmakers asked why a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was allowed to enter and then traverse the U.S. for days before being shot down
U.S. jet fighters downed the balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, U.S. officials said. President Biden signaled earlier Saturday that the U.S. would address the balloon that had drifted above the country. Photo: Randall Hill/ReutersWASHINGTON—The Biden administration came under scrutiny Sunday over its handling of a, with Republican lawmakers asking why the craft was allowed to enter and then traverse the U.S. for days before being shot down.
The U.S. military first detected the balloon north of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska on Jan. 28 and watched as it then entered northwest Canada and moved over Idaho and Montana and to the southeast before an Air Force jet fighter
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