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  Encyclopedia: Warren G. Harding
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Charles Forbes, Director of the Veterans Bureau, skimmed profits, earned fat kickbacks, and ran alcohol and drugs.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors.
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 About the USA - Holidays > Veterans Day
Originally called Armistice Day, this holiday was established to honor Americans who had served in World War I. It falls on November 11, the day when that war ended in 1918, but it now honors veterans of all wars in which the United States has fought.
Veterans' organizations hold parades or other special ceremonies, and the president customarily places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. See also:
Veterans Day Homepage (U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs)
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 Welcome to The American Presidency
The appointment that would prove most disastrous for his reputation, although it caused no great comment at the time, was that of the anticonservationist senator from New Mexico, Albert B. Fall, as secretary of the interior.
His most permanent domestic accomplishment was the creation of the Bureau of the Budget, with McKinley's former comptroller of the currency, Charles G. Dawes, as its director.
in Daugherty's Department of Justice and within the (later Federal) Bureau of Investigation, in the Prohibition Bureau of the Treasury Department, and in Forbes' Veterans' Bureau.
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The American Legion's primary mission is to help American veterans and their families, as well as American children and young adults.
The United States Veterans Bureau, forerunner of the Veterans Administration (subsequently the Department of Veterans Affairs), was created in 1921 as a result of efforts by the Legion.
Its primary political activity is lobbying for the interests of veterans, including support for veteran's benefits such as pensions and the VA hospital system; in addition, it promotes other patriotic causes such as respect for the American flag, including support for a Flag Burning Amendment.
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