Presidential Management Fellows Program Ends

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Young people who aspired to government service dismayed by end of fellows program

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For decades , the Presidential Management Fellows program was seen as a building block for the civil service.

Hundreds of the fellows have been terminated or placed on administrative leave amid a nationwide slashing of the federal workforce.

One of President Donald Trump 's executive orders ended the program, which was created in 1978 .

Bianca Nelson , 31 , had been working for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the unit she calls the "front door" of HUD .

Juliane Alfen , 25 , left her workplace at the U.S. Agency for International Development in tears, exiting to cheers from supporters who protested the abrupt way one of the world’s preeminent aid organizations had been decimated.

Madeleine Parker , 32 , chose to work in housing because of its importance in offering families stability.

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