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The full force of Trump’s federal job cuts is about to hit the D.C. region | Washington Post

October 02, 2025
  • D.C. Policy Center

On September 28, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in The Washington Post:

Beyond federal employment,“we relied on tourism. But foreign tourists aren’t coming. And we relied a whole lot on universities bringing talent who would then stay here and be part of our talent pool. And that is kind of gone, too,” said YesimSayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center, a local think tank. “So what are we now? We just don’t know.”

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