President Trump's government hiring freeze will impact the Defense Department, which faced more than 67,700 vacancies across the entire department when the freeze went into effect on Sunday, according to a Pentagon spokesman. "The presidential memorandum places a freeze on the hiring of federal civilian employees, and applies to all executive departments and agencies, including civilian employees with the DOD," Pentagon spokesman Johnny Michael said in a Jan. 24 email. Michael said there were "approximately 67,744 vacant positions across the...
