Monday's launch means the North Koreans are a big step closer to building intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to Richard Speier, a former missile-proliferation expert at the Pentagon.

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Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School, credited Speier for pushing for change, but warned that it could take months to get a bill through Congress.

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With that in mind, Ms. Speier is asking her colleagues to sign a letter that she will send to the White House, asking the president to issue a similar order.

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