I, for one, will definitely be interested to see how the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State are progressing on WHTI implementation. And we will be able to do so because we mandate that the Departments provide quarterly briefings on the progress being made on WHTI implementation and that the first briefing should be no later than December 1, 2006.
Cord Byrd: “I, for one, will definitely be interested to see how the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State are…”
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Discussing the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) and related departmental briefings.
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