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Washington Journal for Saturday, August 6

Washington, DC

Daniel Indiviglio, The Atlantic, Associate Editor analyses Friday’s job report and the overall economy.

The U.S. Postal Service announced last month that it is considering closing more than three thousand retail offices. Mark Acton, U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission, Vice Chairman discusses how the postal service decides which offices to close, when the closures are expected, how much the postal service is losing in revenue, the possible elimination of Saturday service and what all this means for the future of the postal service.

West Huddleston, National Association of Drug Court, Professionals – CEO discusses drug courts, which are used on the state and local level as a way to keep eligible drug-addicted persons offenders out of prison.  The Courts send individuals to treatment programs for a minimum of one-year while at the same time closely monitor their progress.

Updated: Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 2:54pm (ET)

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