WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it failed to persuade the British government to allow an American Indian lacrosse team to enter Britain without U.S. or Canadian passports.
Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said U.S. officials discussed the matter with British officials Thursday.
He said it was made clear to the British officials that although the lacrosse team members would not be traveling on U.S.
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