[wtc911]

VIP/USG official passports are a different color, they are given different treatment when they travel, they can be issued in addition to the individual having a regular passport ... I know, I used to have one in addition to my regular passport

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"In addition to..."

IOW, one must first hold a valid US passport in order to obtain the "in addition to" document.

[silverleaf]

I contend Obama never has had to follow ANY or the rules of “you are supposed” to, if he didn’t want to

If he wanted/needed a black/VIP passport for Senate travel, he could get one same day without the documents the rest of us little people would have to produce. Just send one of his imperious black minions like Valerie Jarrett over there to get in the face of the State Dept bureaucracy and DEMAND her master be served

My bet