It also asked them to "reflect the State Department's decision to allow the voluntary departure (from The Bahamas) of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of U.S. government personnel.
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\nThroughout saturday CNN's television channel broadcast the following bulletin: State department wars US citizens not to travel to The Bahamas because of the hurricane."
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\nAnd the US embassy on Queen's Street sent the following statement for publication:
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\n"On the evening of September 12th, United States Customs and Border Protection Department of Homeland Security, made the precautionary decision to temporarily suspend the operations of its pre-clearance immigration and customs facilities in Nassau and Freeport beginning Sunday, September 14, due to the projected path of Hurricane Isabel."
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