Americans are experiencing massive wait times for passport applications this summer. The reason — a huge increase in the number of travelers following the COVID-19 pandemic. The World’s host Marco Werman spoke with Jay Zagorsky, a professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, about what the State Department can do to fix the issue.
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