Volunteer work in your passion, a side business in your passion, an encyclopedic knowledge of your passion, and an extensive network of contacts active and influential in your passion are examples of ways to tangibly demonstrate your passion.

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Boucher said U.S. officials have made contacts with Somali officials to discuss these issues but he declined to say if there were any active al Qaeda cells inside Somalia.

CNN: U.S. aircraft monitoring coasts of Somalia, Yemen