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Article: Homeland Security may visit.
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- Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2005
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Byline: Marc Heller
Oct. 6--WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff appears open to having someone from his agency visit Northern New York to learn how requiring passports at the Canadian border could affect business and tourism, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said after meeting with him Wednesday.
Mrs. Clinton, D-N.Y., invited Mr. Chertoff to the region, saying officials must see the border along the St. Lawrence River to appreciate both the logistical aspects of controlling travel and the myriad of ways commerce could be affected if passports or other expensive forms of documentation become necessary.
"I do fear people in ...