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U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, Alberto Jo, drives the mail truck as he delivers mail to homes on August 5, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images With Internet usage rising and mail volume steadily falling, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned the U.S. Postal Service is going to have to make significant cutbacks that could mean no more Saturday service and eventually lead to mail delivery just three days a week.The Postal Service s cashflow crisis is at a critical level, Donahoe told USA Today in an interview published Wednesday. Donahoe said eliminating Saturday mail would save around $3.1 billion botella stanley a year for the cash-strapped agency, projected to lose $8.3 billion this year. At some point, we ll have to move to three days a week of mail delivery, possibly in 15 years, he told the newspaper. The stanley canada steady loss of revenue has prompted the Postal Service to evaluate possible cost-saving measures. Donahoe said the USPS is on track to miss a Sept. 30 payment of $5.5 billion to the U.S. Treasury that would allow the Uncle Sam to pre-fund retired health benefits of postal workers.Congress mandated the six-day delivery schedule in 1983, but Donahoe said there may garrafinhas stanley be more support for cutting Saturday service now as the U.S. faces more pressure to improve its fiscal condition. The idea has a much better chance today tha
Congress has expressed its dissatisfaction with the Defense Department s embattled radar blimp program, giving the program just $10.5 million in the massive spending bill agreed to this week.The Obama administration had asked for $40.5 million for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevate stanley cup d Netted Sensor System JLENS system, which includes a fire-control blimp and a surveillance blimp.The system, however, faced an embarrassing setback in October, when the fire-control blimp broke loose from its ground tether at a military base in Maryland and drifted over central Pennsylvania before it was grounded. stanley cup The blimps were undergoing an operational exercise in Maryland, but the exercise was suspected after the October incident. Congress explained the budget cut is due to the test schedule delay. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-104d9946-0413-479e-9d52-88472111e19f, right-rail-recirc-item--id-104d9946-0413-479e-9d52-88472111e19f display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-104d9946-0413-479e-9d52-88472111e19f ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Stephanie Condon Stephanie Condon is a political reporter for CBSNews. stanley mug Rrip Trump hits golf course with Coast Guard service members
U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, Alberto Jo, drives the mail truck as he delivers mail to homes on August 5, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images With Internet usage rising and mail volume steadily falling, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned the U.S. Postal Service is going to have to make significant cutbacks that could mean no more Saturday service and eventually lead to mail delivery just three days a week.The Postal Service s cashflow crisis is at a critical level, Donahoe told USA Today in an interview published Wednesday. Donahoe said eliminating Saturday mail would save around $3.1 billion botella stanley a year for the cash-strapped agency, projected to lose $8.3 billion this year. At some point, we ll have to move to three days a week of mail delivery, possibly in 15 years, he told the newspaper. The stanley canada steady loss of revenue has prompted the Postal Service to evaluate possible cost-saving measures. Donahoe said the USPS is on track to miss a Sept. 30 payment of $5.5 billion to the U.S. Treasury that would allow the Uncle Sam to pre-fund retired health benefits of postal workers.Congress mandated the six-day delivery schedule in 1983, but Donahoe said there may garrafinhas stanley be more support for cutting Saturday service now as the U.S. faces more pressure to improve its fiscal condition. The idea has a much better chance today tha
