Nightly News   |  December 13, 2011

USPS delays closing postal offices

The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it will delay the closure of thousands of post offices across the country. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: About those postal service budget cuts that are supposed to cut back on our mail service and slow it down a bit, well, there's been a delay placed on the planned closing of those 252 regional sorting centers, now delayed until May, while Senate Democrats try to pass the funding to save them.