Jerome Powell

Dear William N. Powell, thank you for your interest in an internship with the U.S. Department of State.

Dear William N. Powell, thank you for your interest in an internship with the U.S. Department of State.

Dear William N. Powell, thank you for your interest in an internship with the U.S. Department of State.

we regret to inform you that the U.S. Department of State has canceled the summer 2025 cycle of the student internship program. In accordance with the president's executive order entitled Hiring Freeze and the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management's joint memorandum, the department hereby rescinds your tentative offer to participate in the student internship program.

we regret to inform you that the U.S. Department of State has canceled the summer 2025 cycle of the student internship program. In accordance with the president's executive order entitled Hiring Freeze and the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management's joint memorandum, the department hereby rescinds your tentative offer to participate in the student internship program.

we regret to inform you that the U.S. Department of State has canceled the summer 2025 cycle of the student internship program. In accordance with the president's executive order entitled Hiring Freeze and the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management's joint memorandum, the department hereby rescinds your tentative offer to participate in the student internship program.

We wish you success in your academic career. The email came to me March 14th this year, so pretty far down the line after the hiring freeze.

We wish you success in your academic career. The email came to me March 14th this year, so pretty far down the line after the hiring freeze.

We wish you success in your academic career. The email came to me March 14th this year, so pretty far down the line after the hiring freeze.

My name is Liam Powell.

My name is Liam Powell.

My name is Liam Powell.

In terms of my future, I was really expecting to be able to have some sort of referral or return offer at either of my last two internships that I've had. And both of those prospects have fallen through.

In terms of my future, I was really expecting to be able to have some sort of referral or return offer at either of my last two internships that I've had. And both of those prospects have fallen through.

In terms of my future, I was really expecting to be able to have some sort of referral or return offer at either of my last two internships that I've had. And both of those prospects have fallen through.

there's a feeling that's pretty selfish of just knowing that the career field that I've spent so long studying for in my undergrad is just going to be in such a weird state of flux and toss up for such a long time. I think that talking to a lot of

there's a feeling that's pretty selfish of just knowing that the career field that I've spent so long studying for in my undergrad is just going to be in such a weird state of flux and toss up for such a long time. I think that talking to a lot of

there's a feeling that's pretty selfish of just knowing that the career field that I've spent so long studying for in my undergrad is just going to be in such a weird state of flux and toss up for such a long time. I think that talking to a lot of

professionals that work in the foreign aid and international development sector, there's a really common perspective that reform is absolutely necessary, but that this isn't the way to do it. And that this is a decision that objectively leads to the loss of a lot of lives in a way that a lot of the American public is very insulated from and just completely unaware of.

professionals that work in the foreign aid and international development sector, there's a really common perspective that reform is absolutely necessary, but that this isn't the way to do it. And that this is a decision that objectively leads to the loss of a lot of lives in a way that a lot of the American public is very insulated from and just completely unaware of.