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As thieves continue to attack letter carriers and ransack mailboxes, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform expressed exasperation at the "disturbing” issue.

On Wednesday, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations called five witnesses from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, unions and law enforcement to discuss the dramatic spike in mail crime.

According to a Raw Story investigation letter carrier robberies alone increased by 543 percent over three years....

CHICAGO — As a little girl in the 1980s, Khalalisa Norris aspired to become a letter carrier. She’d sit on her front porch in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood and wait for her local mailman, and eventual mail lady, each day.

In her 20s, Norris realized her dream, and ever since, she’s delivered mail on Chicago’s West Side.

But that dream became a nightmare....