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The Washington Post stands to lose some of its signature writers in a new round of buyouts. Among those considering the Post’s latest staff-reduction offer is chief political writer Dan Balz. “I love the Post and my job,” says Balz, who like other eligible journalists is over age 54, “but like virtually everyone who is around my age at the paper, I’m looking at this. But I have not made a decision and won’t until I’ve been able to sort through things.” Also weighing the buyout offer is Tom Edsall, who has covered the story of money and politics for...

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