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As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the welfare of war veterans, veterans of military campaigns, military retirees, and their surviving spouses and other beneficiaries. [1]
The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) (Filipino: Tanggapan para sa Ugnayan ng mga Beteranong Pilipino) is the Philippine agency for Filipino war veterans. Under the Department of National Defense, PVAO serves to fulfill a national commitment as embodied in Section 7, Article XVI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution: “The State shall ...
National Association for Black Veterans. National Guard Association of the United States. Navy Musicians Association. Navy Mutual Aid Association. Paralyzed Veterans of America. Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (dissolved 2011) Polish Legion of American Veterans. Society of American Military Engineers.
The Philippine Insurrection, also known as the Philippine-American War, is a forgotten chapter in America’s history, even though it lasted over three years and claimed 4,200 American lives.
The Veterans Memorial Medical Center was established pursuant to Public Law 865, 80th U.S. Congress on July 8, 1948, which provided $9.4 million for the construction of a hospital facility with the land to be donated by the Philippine government. [1]
There are three types of parties in the Philippines. These are: (a) major parties, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which typically correspond to traditional political parties; (b) minor parties or party-list organizations, which rely on the party-list system to win Congressional seats; and (c) regional or provincial parties, which correspond to region-wide or ...
The National Security Council ( NSC; Filipino: Lupon ng Pambansang Seguridad) is the principal forum of the president of the Philippines considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. The NSC consists of two distinct bodies – the Council Proper and the Secretariat.
The Intelligence Bureau (Urdu: سررشتہِ سراغرسانی) is an intelligence and security agency in Pakistan focused primarily on non-military intelligence. Established in 1947, the IB is Pakistan's oldest intelligence agency. DG IB is usually an officer from the Police Service of Pakistan.