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On the recordJuly 11, 2012
But, rather than say we are going to close post offices, what we have done is say if there are 13,000 post offices with economic challenges, why do we not give the communities a menu of options?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper discusses providing options for struggling post offices instead of closing them.

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