"Merritt Mullen" wrote in message
news:mmullen8014-FF7AF5.18031615072007@netnews.asp.att.net...
> In article <9rek93httl70aq4n0eq0f4estg43c0qrp3@4ax.com>,
> Martin D. Pay wrote:
>> Does that mean a US-government issued ID? If so, the tentative
>> plans my wife and I are making to use Amtrack for internal travel
>> (rather than fly internally within the USA) on our next visit
>> won't be possible...
>
> No, it does not mean that. The US does not have federally-issued ID.
Of course we do; it's called a passport. That 77% of Americans haven't
bothered to get one doesn't change that fact.
There's also military IDs and several other ID types issued by the feds, but
none available to the general public (AFAIK) other than passports.
S
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