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Ariel Wyckoff, center, looks through an application while being trained how to adjudicate passport requests at the U.S. Government Passport Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wyckoff and others were pulled from their programs in Washington, D.C. for an eight-week stint to assist with the backlog of passport requests.
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Amanda Vockerodt, center, listens with other temporary workers as they learn how to adjudicate passport requests from Maryanne Lamplugh, right, on Thursday, July 20, 2007 at the U.S. Government Passport Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. Vockerodt and others were pulled from their programs in Washington, D.C. for an eight-week stint to assist with the backlog of passport requests. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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The US Government Passport office in New Orleans, Louisiana is in full swing as employees work to adjudicate thousands of passport requests a day, July 20, 2007. The backlog has been such an issue that the New Orleans office has created a night-shift and brought in temporary federal employees to help process the backlog. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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A stack of passport applications that are ready to be adjudicated are shuffled between the different offices and floors of the U.S. Government Passport Office in New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday, July 20, 2007. The New Orleans office has created a night-shift and brought in temporary federal employees to help process the backlog. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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Aneshia Darensburg, a full-time processing clerk at the U.S. Government Passport Office in New Orleans, Louisiana, prints out approved passports from four different printers that surround her station on Thursday, July 20, 2007. The New Orleans office has created a night-shift and brought in temporary federal employees to help process the backlog. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
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