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Monday, September 10, 2007
The US State Department said its passport service is back to the usual six- to eight-week processing time after the agency cleared a backlog caused by new border requirements. The number of passports issued so far during fiscal year 2007, which ends September 30, rose to 16 million compared with 12.1 million for the same period a year earlier, the department said on Friday in a statement. State Department personnel were sent to passport offices around the country, and the agency installed high-capacity phone lines to help eliminate the backlog. Efforts are being made to expand passport services throughout the country.
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