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Vt. to get passport office by next year

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The Associated Press - Published: June 8, 2009

MONTPELIER - Vermont is going to get its own passport office thanks to an effort by the State Department to improve access to passport services.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says Vermont is one of five locations across the country that will get new offices of the Passport Agency. The others are Buffalo, N.Y., El Paso, Texas, Atlanta and San Diego.

Leahy says $15 million for the new offices was included in the federal stimulus package, which was enacted earlier this year to help jump-start the economy.

Leahy says the passport office will be helpful to Vermont's tourism, commerce and exports. It will also make it easier for Vermonters to get travel documents needed to return from visits to Canada.








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it doesnt cost anything to go to canada except gas.
-- Posted by None None on Mon, Jun 8, 2009, 8:31 pm EST

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What a joke. Such a waste. Like most Vermonters can afford to travel outside the U.S. anyway. The post office works just fine for applying for a passport. Wish these officials would start using a little common sense. How are they going to sustain those expenses once the original stimulus money is gone? Just another program to fund forever now. Gee wonder how they will do that....Oh yeah, higher taxes of course. Now I know why during the campaign they kept repeating "Change we can believe in" That's all we're going to end up with is nothing but change.
-- Posted by None None on Mon, Jun 8, 2009, 2:03 pm EST

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