TRAVEL REPORT - AT 11:22 P.M. ET:  From BBC:

Preparations in North Korea for a satellite launch are complete and lift-off will take place "soon", state media has reported.

A carrier rocket was ready to lift an experimental communications satellite from a base on the country's east coast, state news agency KCNA said.

Pyongyang's neighbours suspect the launch is a cover for a missile test and have urged it not to go ahead.

Correspondents say it remains unclear when exactly the launch will be.

North Korea has told international organisations it will carry out the launch between 4 and 8 April, during the hours of 1100 to 1600 (0200 to 0700 GMT).

COMMENT:   Obama and Clinton have promised a tough response if North Korea presses the button.  Let's see if they mean it, and if their definition of toughness matches that of most Americans.  I don't consider an anguished protest to the UN very tough, but that's where our reaction is likely to begin.

This could be Obama's first foreign crisis.  Stand by.

April 3, 2009