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Indian Lacrosse Team Grounded: Brits Refuse U.S. Passport Waiver
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe Iroquois Confederacy lacrosse team is still grounded. The State Department said Thursday its grant of a passport waiver for the 23-member squad wasn't enough to persuade Great Britain to allow the team entry for tournament play without internationally recognized travel documents. The city of Manchester, England is hosting the World Lacrosse Championship beginning Thursday -- a tournament in which the Iroquois team had planned to compete. The Iroquois Confederacy, a group of Indian nations stretching from upstate New York to Canada, had issued its own passports to the players, a past ...
Passport Fees Set To Rise Next Week
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe summer travel season is upon us, and with it comes higher passport fees, effective next week. Beginning July 13, the U.S. State Department will raise nearly every cost related to getting a new passport, renewing an old one and applying for travel visas. The Los Angeles Times breaks down the cost differences: Adult passport: New fee: $135. Old fee: $100 Adult passport renewal: New fee: $110. Old fee: $75 Minor passport (under age 16): New fee: $105. Old fee; $85 Adult passport card (allows border crossings by land): New fee: $55. Old fee: $45 Minor passport card: New fee: $40. Old ...
U.S. Eases Passport Rules for Transgenders
By Andrea Stone - Politics DailyStarting today, just in time for the summer travel season, U.S. citizens who have undergone gender change will only need a note from a doctor when applying for a passport. The State Department announcement, made in conjunction with the observance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month, states that "sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance." Travelers will also be able to obtain a "limited validity" passport if their doctor asserts that he or she "is in the process of gender transition." The revised procedure also allows for a Consular Report ...
Obama Connection to Passport Breach
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyCNN reports that the Chief Executive of a company contracted to the State Department to perform consular, visa, and passport processing work is an adviser to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. John Brennan is an adviser to Sen. Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues. The CEO of Analysis Corp., a McLean, Virginia, based contractor, is a former CIA official and director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Of the three contract employees believed to have accessed the passport files of the three presidential candidates, one worked for Analysis Corp., and two others were ...
Obama's Passport Records Breached
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyHere's a strange breaking scandal: Two State Department employees have been fired and a third disciplined after they reportedly sneaked a peek at Sen. Barack Obama's passport records. The three people who had access to Obama's passport records were contract employees of the department's Bureau of Consular AffairsApparently there's a high-tech monitoring system that is tripped when an employee opens the records of a high-profile individual. Exactly why they did it remains unclear. Was it just curiosity or is there a more sinister motive?UPDATE: Looks like the employees were just being nosy. A ...
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