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State Department: No Update to Worldwide Travel Caution
Aired November 29, 2002 - 11:32 ET
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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: If you're traveling overseas, you're going to want to know what the State Department is saying. They issue regular travel warnings for Americans abroad. They have a new one, and CNN's Andrea Koppel is at the State Department live with a clarification of a previous report -- Andrea.
ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN STATE DEPT. CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Carol.
I want to clarify something. There was a misunderstanding between myself and an official here at the State Department. There is not going to be an update to the worldwide travel caution that is out there. State Department officials said to us yesterday they felt it was strong enough and could stand on its own to advise Americans, and they are not updating that.
What they are doing, Carol, is they are updating their public announcement for Kenya, to advise Americans about the Mombasa attacks, and they're also telling them that they're not advising Americans to leave. They, obviously just need to be on alert and need to be vigilant.
At the end of the day, Carol, it's the same message to all American citizens, if they're thinking about traveling overseas, in particular right now to Kenya, they need to be aware of what happened there -- Carol.
LIN: Yes, good advice.
Andrea, where should people go for that kind of information? Should they call the State Department, or can they get it on the Internet.
KOPPEL: Officials would probably prefer that they not call the State Department, but they can go on to the Web. The State Department has its own Web site, and they update it regularly with all of the consular affairs information for embassies and consulates around the world, and if an American is in a particular city, let's say in this case in Nairobi or in Mombasa, they would call the U.S. consulate in that country -- Carol.
LIN: All right, thank you so much, Andrea Koppel, reporting live at the State Department.
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Aired November 29, 2002 - 11:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: If you're traveling overseas, you're going to want to know what the State Department is saying. They issue regular travel warnings for Americans abroad. They have a new one, and CNN's Andrea Koppel is at the State Department live with a clarification of a previous report -- Andrea.
ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN STATE DEPT. CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Carol.
I want to clarify something. There was a misunderstanding between myself and an official here at the State Department. There is not going to be an update to the worldwide travel caution that is out there. State Department officials said to us yesterday they felt it was strong enough and could stand on its own to advise Americans, and they are not updating that.
What they are doing, Carol, is they are updating their public announcement for Kenya, to advise Americans about the Mombasa attacks, and they're also telling them that they're not advising Americans to leave. They, obviously just need to be on alert and need to be vigilant.
At the end of the day, Carol, it's the same message to all American citizens, if they're thinking about traveling overseas, in particular right now to Kenya, they need to be aware of what happened there -- Carol.
LIN: Yes, good advice.
Andrea, where should people go for that kind of information? Should they call the State Department, or can they get it on the Internet.
KOPPEL: Officials would probably prefer that they not call the State Department, but they can go on to the Web. The State Department has its own Web site, and they update it regularly with all of the consular affairs information for embassies and consulates around the world, and if an American is in a particular city, let's say in this case in Nairobi or in Mombasa, they would call the U.S. consulate in that country -- Carol.
LIN: All right, thank you so much, Andrea Koppel, reporting live at the State Department.
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