State Dept. cancels Saturday event as shutdown looms

Published April 8, 2011 4:00am ET



The U.S. State Department cancelled a Saturday program that would make it easier to get passports because of the looming government shutdown.

“Because of a possible government shutdown, the Department of State must cancel ‘Passport Day in the USA,'” the department announced in a statement Friday. U.S. citizens can obtain passports without appointment on “Passport Day.”

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