Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Wednesday no workers have reported becoming ill and called the risk minimal.

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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Wednesday that the agency is talking with employees at plants in Maryland, Tennessee and Washington, D.

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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has called for five-day delivery and other cost-saving overhauls, but has so far failed to gain permission from Congress.

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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the Postal Service's hands are tied by congressional inaction on a bill that would allow it to reduce the payments.

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In response, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe plans to close 3, 700 post offices, many in small rural communities where the local post office is their logistical supply line to the larger world.

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But Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the Postal Service would do whatever it takes to maintain its operations, even if that means defaulting on a second multibillion-dollar retiree obligation in as many months.

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