Untangling passport mess to cost nearly $1 billion

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Untangling passport mess to cost nearly $1 billion
The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.16.2007

WASHINGTON — The nation's passport headaches may be easing a bit, but now comes the bill: almost $1 billion.
New travel rules that swamped passport offices and frustrated U.S. travelers this summer will cost the government an estimated $944 million over three years, according to federal paperwork filed Wednesday.
That amount is more than three times the State Department's estimate for the first three years.

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Absolutely everything this administration touches turns into money wasting boondoggles.
13 weeks to process a Passport? I got mine in a little over 2 weeks, but that was last January.