lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> a developing story tonight. u.s. forces say they believe they have killed a man responsible for some of the worst and most spectacular terrorist attacks of our time. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski on duty tonight has more on this story. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. u.s. officials are confident tonight that taliban leader batuhla massoud is dead. one senior official tells nbc news it is believed that massoud was killed in a missile strike in south waziristan, pakistan, yesterday. but so far there is just no way that they can confirm it. now, massoud among the most notorious taliban leaders accused in assassination of pakistan's benazir bhutto, of terrorist attacks throughout pakistan and on attacks against u.s. forces in afghanistan. if massoud is in fact dead this would give a huge boost to u.s. and pakistan efforts to take out his taliban network. according to one official tonight, if it is true that he has been killed, quote, that would be great. brian. >> jim miklaszewski on du

more on the story tonight from nbc's lisa myers in washington. >> reporter: facing massive red ink, the postal service is looking at closing almost 1,000 post offices in 43 states in the nation's capital. in a dramatic move to cut costs. the list of possible closings includes this office in new york city and this one in los angeles. >> where are we going to go now? >> i would think that would be very unfortunate. >> reporter: the postal service is facing a $7 billion loss this year even though it has cut service, removed collection boxes and raised the price of stamps by 2 cents. just last week the governmental accountability office added the postal service to its high-risk list of troubled ancies, saying it faced serious and significant financial problems. >> they have large fixed costs in terms of wh they have to do six days a week in terms of their facilities, and we think this is a good opportunity to take a hard look at that model and how sustainable it is going forward. >> reporter: the basic problem is that the internet, competition from private carriers, and the recession have c

our report tonight from our senior investigative correspondent lisa myers. >> reporter: remember when members of congress pummeled auto industry ceos for coming to washington on private jets? >> it's almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo. >> i'm going to ask you to raise your hand if you're planning to sell your jet and fly back commercial. let the record show, no hands went up. >> reporter: well, now the house has voted to spend more money on private jets for top government officials, jets to ferry the military, administration officials and, of course, members of congress. the house added $230 million to the pentagon's budget for two gulf stream 550s, a luxury business jet, and for two boeing 737s, and it stipulated that the gulf streams be based as at andrews air force base, right outside washington. >> this is not the right time to be buying fancy jets to fly members of congress around on. >> reporter: a spokesman for the house appropriations committee argues that congress uses this fleet only 14% of the time, and he says the new jets would rep

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