From 1 to 10: Inside the 20-year status decline of the American passport

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In 2006, a United States passport was the ultimate ticket to the world, offering its citizens a level of global access matched only by two other nations: Denmark and Finland. What a difference 20 years makes. As the Henley Passport Index reveals in its newly released 20th-anniversary report, the