Mike McCaul: “I have always thought that was our No. 1 mission in country was to stop terror threats from attacking the homeland.”

Senator Graham was a national security giant, a statesman of unmatched conviction, and a personal friend and mentor.

I'm very bullish. I'm very optimistic.

I think, if you look at the flight pattern of the balloon, it tells a story as to what the Chinese were up to as they controlled this aircraft throughout the United States.

AUKUS, the Taiwan-U.S. drone initiative and support from Japan and the Philippines, which McCaul described as 'very concerned,' would provide the deterrence needed to stop Chinese President Xi Jinping from pursuing what McCaul called 'a…