United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs | |
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Set up: | July 21, 1930 |
Seat: | 810 Vermont Avenue NW , Washington, DC |
Supervisory authority: | President of the United States |
minister | Robert Wilkie |
Deputy | James Byrne |
Household: | $ 93.4 billion (2009) |
Employees: | 278,565 (2008) |
Homepage: | va.gov |
The Department of Veterans Affairs (Engl. United States Department of Veterans Affairs - VA ) of the US government is responsible for benefits to veterans and their families and their survivors. It was founded on July 21, 1930 as a federal office. The registered office is in Washington, DC (810 Vermont Ave NW).
It is directed by the Secretary of State, the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
history
The Ministry's task is derived from the inaugural address given by US President Abraham Lincoln in 1861: "... to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan ..."
In 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression (German "Great Depression"), the Veterans Administration was founded by amalgamating several government organizations for all activities of the US government relating to war veterans. In 1988 this office was upgraded to a federal ministry under President Ronald Reagan .
organization
With 278,565 employees (2008), the Department of Veterans is the second largest US Federal Department after the Department of Defense . The employees are employed in medical institutions, hospitals, authorities and national cemeteries. The budget is around $ 93.4 billion (2009). This puts it well behind the financially strong ministries for defense and health , whose budgets are 6 to 7 times larger.
In the healthcare sector, it is one of the largest employers in the United States. Due to numerous collaborations with medical training institutions, a quarter of all US doctors worked in a department of the department during their training.
The Ministry has three main departments headed by Undersecretaries:
- Veterans Health Administration : Health
- Veterans Benefits Administration : Social benefits: Training and return to work , insurance, compensation and pension
- National Cemetery Administration : Serves 123 of the 139 national cemeteries in the United States.
The department has its own police force, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police .
Veteran's health care responsibilities
As a result of the recent military conflicts, treatment costs have risen sharply, primarily due to nursing homes and mental illness.
The Ministry distinguishes eight main groups of beneficiaries and numerous sub-categories. Disabilities caused by the service as well as income and assets are taken into account. From a disability of 50% (loss of extremities, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)) treatment and medication are provided free of charge.
Numerous outpatient facilities have been built in recent years to replace inpatient care. Patient records were electronically stored, research on prostheses and PTSD was carried out, and the effects of Agent Orange investigated.
List of heads of authorities
Head of Veterans Administration (Administrator of Veterans Affairs) | |||
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No. | Surname | Term of office | under president |
1 | Frank T. Hines | 1930-1945 | Herbert Hoover , Franklin D. Roosevelt |
2 | Omar N. Bradley | 1945-1948 | Harry S. Truman |
3 | Carl R. Gray | 1948-1953 | Harry S. Truman |
4th | Harvey V. Higley | 1953-1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
5 | Sumner G. Whittier | 1957-1964 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson |
6th | John S. Gleason | 1964-1965 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
7th | William J. Driver | 1965-1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
8th | Donald E. Johnson | 1969-1974 | Richard Nixon |
9 | Richard L. Roudebush | 1974-1977 | Gerald Ford |
10 | Max Cleland | 1977-1981 | Jimmy Carter |
11 | Bob Nimmo | 1981-1982 | Ronald Reagan |
12 | Harry N. Walters | 1982-1986 | Ronald Reagan |
13 | Thomas K. Turnage | 1986-1989 | Ronald Reagan |
14th | Ed Derwinski | 1989 | George Bush |
Minister of the War Veterans Ministry | ||||
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No. | image | Surname | Term of office | in the President's Cabinet |
1 | Edward Joseph Derwinski | March 15, 1989 - September 26, 1992 |
George Bush | |
Anthony Joseph Principi (acting) |
September 26, 1992 - January 20, 1993 |
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2 | Jesse Brown | January 22, 1993 - July 3, 1997 |
Bill Clinton | |
Hershel Wayne Gober (acting) |
July 3, 1997 - January 2, 1998 |
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Togo Dennis West Jr. (acting) |
January 2, 1998 - May 5, 1998 |
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3 | Togo Dennis West Jr. | May 5, 1998 - July 10, 2000 |
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Hershel Wayne Gober (acting) |
July 10, 2000 - January 20, 2001 |
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4th | Anthony Joseph Principi | January 23, 2001 - January 26, 2005 |
George W. Bush | |
5 | Robert James Nicholson | January 26, 2005 - October 1, 2007 |
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Gordon H. Mansfield (acting) |
October 1, 2007 - December 20, 2007 |
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6th | James Benjamin Peake | December 20, 2007 - January 20, 2009 |
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7th | Eric Ken Shinseki | January 20, 2009 - May 30, 2014 |
Barack Obama | |
Sloan D. Gibson (acting) |
May 30, 2014 - July 30, 2014 |
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8th | Robert A. McDonald | July 30, 2014 - January 20, 2017 |
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9 | David Jonathon Shulkin | February 14, 2017 - March 28, 2018 |
Donald Trump | |
Robert Leon Wilkie (acting) |
March 28, 2018 - May 29, 2018 |
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10 | Robert Leon Wilkie | July 30, 2018 - |
Gravestones icons
The ministry maintains a list of permitted symbols ( emblems ) that may be placed on gravestones to indicate the religious affiliation of a fallen person . This only affects gravestones that are paid for by the government.
Web links
- Department of War Veterans website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers. Accessed August 8, 2019 .