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BESIDES DELIVERING MAIL, LOCAL LETTER-CARRIERS ALSO ARE INVOLVED IN
DELIVERING SAFETY. ALREADY, IN SEVERAL MAJOR CITIES,
LETTER-CARRIERS ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER MEDICINES TO RESIDENTS, IN THE
EVENT OF A BIOLOGICAL ATTACK. THIS PILOT-PROGRAM BEGAN UNDER THE
BUSH-ADMINISTRATION--AND HAS EXPANDED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA.
FREDRIC ROLANDO--PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF LETTER CARRIERS--HAS MORE...
(ROLANDO):
"BOTH PRESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT NO OTHER AGENCY IS CAPABLE OF
DOING THIS--BECAUSE NO-ONE ELSE GOES TO EVERY ADDRESS IN AMERICA, SIX
DAYS A WEEK. FURTHERMORE, NO-ONE KNOWS THE NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER
THAN LOCAL LETTER-CARRIERS--WHO, FOR SIX YEARS IN A ROW, HAVE BEEN VOTED
THE MOST-TRUSTED FEDERAL-WORKERS, BY THE AMERICAN-PUBLIC. SERVICE
AND PROTECTION COME NATURALLY TO LETTER-CARRIERS--ONE-QUARTER OF WHOM
ARE MILITARY-VETERANS AND ARE GLAD TO VOLUNTEER FOR THEIR COUNTRY ONCE
AGAIN--AND ALL OF WHOM HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY
SERVE, AS WELL AS FOR THE FAMILIES THEY WATCH GROW OVER THE YEARS.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE VALUE OF OUR NATION'S ONLY
UNIVERSAL-DELIVERY SYSTEM--WHICH ALSO UNIFIES OUR COUNTRY, BY PROVIDING
THE WORLD'S BEST AND MOST-AFFORDABLE MAIL-SERVICE TO EVERY CORNER OF
THIS VAST LAND, AS CALLED FOR IN THE CONSTITUTION--AND WITHOUT USING A
DIME OF TAXPAYER-MONEY. WE NEED TO PROTECT THIS UNIQUE NETWORK."
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