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More on the impending boom in passport applications: In her press conference Wednesday, Bureau of Consular Affairs chief Maura Harty went out of her way to thank members of the media for being there, because they could help get out the word that people should take their time applying for passports to allow the agency to gear up to process millions of new applications. "I don't want anybody to run out tomorrow and buy a passport because two years and half from now, they're thinking about a trip," she said. But today's "Comings and Goings" column in the Post Travel section quotes deputy assistant secretary Daniel Smith as saying that even though the new regulations won't take full effect for quite some time, "to avoid a last minute crunch, we're encouraging people to apply for travel documents as soon as possible." Sounds like they need to get on the same page in Foggy Bottom.