Terminations hit USDA workers across frontline roles
Former USDA staff across New Mexico Oklahoma Texas and Florida describe widespread terminations as crippling the agency. Veterans single parents and new hires fear career prospects while leadership voids raise concern about delays to rural development and disease prevention programs. Some reinstatements have occurred but fears of further cuts remain.
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