"These declines, without right-sizing the expense side of the postal equation, spell the end of the Postal Service, " he said.

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Core U.S. national security interests and objectives have changed very little since the end of the Cold War and the formulation of the two-theater-war sizing construct.

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Instead, in these first talks the two sides will be sizing each other up, to assess whether either is really able to deliver the concessions needed to end the conflict.

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