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Congress moves to ease passport crisis


A US government official with the State Department's Passport Services reaches for an active passport case in the application storage room 14 June 2007 at the Passport Services office in Washington, DC. The US State Department is temporarily easing restrictions imposed this year that require Americans to have passports to travel to Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The requirement led to a massive backlog of passport applications ahead of the summer travel season, with applications surging 33 percent over the same period last year.  AFP PHOTO/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)Help may be on the way to deal with the backlog of unprocessed passport requests. Legislation passed Monday by the House would make it easier for the State Department to rehire retired personnel to pitch in.





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