Bush Administration Wants to Extend Machine-Readable Passport Deadline

The Bush administration wants to put off for two years requiring 27 visa-waiver countries to use machine-readable passports because few will be able to meet this fall's deadline. The machine-readable passports follow the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard for biometrics using...

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