US Mulls Shorter Extension to Biometric Passports Deadline

"WASHINGTON - A key Republican lawmaker is saying no to the Bush administration's request to give 27 countries two more years to develop passports with biometric technology, proposing a one-year extension instead.

The countries are those whose citizens are allowed to enter the United States without visas. They are required to have the biometric technology in their passports by October, but many of them have said they won't meet that deadline."

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