Veterans Administration

...It is one of the most powerful pressure groups in the United States, and has achieved notable results, such as obtaining and increasing pensions and survivor's pensions, and enacting the GI Bill of Rights (1944), which established educational and economic assistance for veterans. Within the executive branch, the Veterans Administration is organized as a huge independent administrative agency, and many members of the Legislature are also members of the Veterans Association. It is active not only in the welfare of veterans themselves, but also in child welfare, but is also active in the area of ​​national defense, and functions as a support group for the Department of Defense, such as by calling for an increase in defense spending. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…アメリカにおける圧力団体の中でも最も有力な組織の一つであり，恩給や遺族年金の獲得･増額，さらに復員軍人の教育援助，経済援助を制定したGIビル･オブ･ライツ(権利章典)の立法化(1944)など顕著な成果をあげている。行政部内には巨大な独立行政機関として復員軍人庁Veterans Administrationが組織されており，立法部にも在郷軍人団員である議員が多い。在郷軍人自体の福祉だけではなく，児童福祉の面でも活動しているが，国防面での圧力活動は活発で，国防費の増額など国防省の支援団体として機能している。…

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