From: "George Sherwood" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:43e371dc$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> Oh & I form part of that what with my 6 journeys across the pond last
> year....all coz the US ppl don't feel safe leaving the US for the rest
> of the world...& cozI've had to meet with US gov types who apparantly
> need special permission to leave the US for any reason....

Maybe for them.  In DOD there isn't a restriction for sure.  I don't
believe that the don't feel safe thing is wide spread either.  Here are the
most current numbers in 1000's of overseas travelers: 1994        1995     
  1996        1997        1998        1999        2000
18,149     19,059     19,768      21,634    23,069     24,579    26,853
2001        2002        2003        2004
25,249    23,397      24,452    27,351
http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/f-2004-11-001/index.html

Dropped in 2002 of course, but now above the numbers.

George

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