resolutions with regard to north korea. we ve also heard from endo papcom, pentagon s arm in the region saying the missiles launched by north korea don t pose an immediate threat to u.s. personnel or u.s. territories, of course, but they are continuing to monitor the situation there. we should note that what north korea did is an equivalent to what south korea did. south korea s launches were much more advanced. they came from a submarine. that demonstrates how far advanced their missile program, their nuclear capabilities are over north korea s, which has been trying to work on their program, of course, for decades now. now, this does complicate things, however, for the biden administration. things with north korea hadn t been on the front burner when it comes to the foreign policy challenges of this administration. but what north korea is doing here does put it front and center. and we should note that this comes just about a week, two weeks ahead of the u.n. security council excus