Mr. Lease learned enough to successfully apply for dual citizenship in Italy and has since traveled to the town of Front, enjoying travel with few restrictions on a European Union passport and meeting his Italian cousins.

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Last year, Congress made good progress on this front by passing the Travel Promotion Act, which created a public-private partnership to explain U.S. travel and security policies and welcome more visitors to the United States.

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We've rechristened our front-of-book travel section, putting the emphasis on service journalism, from identifying the perfect place to spend a weekend in the country to introducing a travel specialist with the connections to arrange almost anything in Italy.

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