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Frustrated and angry. That's what many travellers have been -- by the long lines at the Post Office to get an application, or waiting more than the promised 6-8 weeks for an app to be processed, and a shiny new blue U. S. Passport to arrive in the mail.

As the wait has turned into more like 12-16 weeks, it's been nail-biting season for those of us with expensive airline and hotel reservations that might be wasted because of the beaurocratic backlog..

In the effort to combat terrorism, the U. S. State Department and Homeland Security ruled any American citizen -- including babies in diapers -- would have to have a valid passport after January 23, 2007. Including for travel by air to destinations that didn't require a passport before -- Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.