Republicans Raise Concerns After Two Objects Shot Down Over Alaska, Canada

Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) speaks remotely as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on The Biden Administration's Priorities for U.S. Foreign Policy on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 10, 2021. Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images

Republicans are raising concerns following actions by the U.S. military to shoot down two objects over Alaska and Canada recently, after a Chinese spy balloon was taken down off the South Carolina coast last week.

“Defending our borders and our national security interests requires military dominance and the political will to utilize that dominance,” Rep. August Plfuger (R-Texas), a former F-22 pilot, wrote on Twitter in the late evening on Feb. 11.