1989 – Veterans Administration elevated to cabinet level

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Posted on Sep 18, 2019

President Ronald Reagan elevates the VA to cabinet status and, on March 15, the Veterans Administration becomes the Department of Veterans Affairs. DAV and others had long stressed that the VA was the largest independent federal agency in terms of budget, second only to the Department of Defense in number of employees.

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