Department of Veterans Affairs

Description

A federal agency responsible for administering veterans' benefits, maintaining service records, and coordinating ceremonial honors and disposition for deceased veterans. In the processed material the Department of Veterans Affairs is invoked as the expected institutional responder when a homeless or deceased veteran is identified: officials assume the VA will be contacted to confirm service, arrange burial or honors, and carry out routine bureaucratic procedures. The organization itself does not appear onstage; its role operates through institutional expectation and interagency handoffs with local coroner and law-enforcement actors.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

2 events

S2E20 · The Fall's Gonna Kill You

Leo Confesses Zoey Slip to Abbey as Josh Presses Tobacco Funding Amid Crisis

Department of Veterans Affairs highlighted for up to $12 million transferable, falling short of needs and blocked by House panels, underscoring fragmented federal rescue efforts.

Active Representation

Through capped transfer limit in law.

Power Dynamics

Limited donor beholden to committee approval.

Organizational Goals

Support DOJ via authorized veteran fund shifts Safeguard core benefits amid reallocations

Influence Mechanisms

Capped fiscal contributions to litigation Statutory participation in interagency aid

S2E20 · The Fall's Gonna Kill You

Leo Dismisses Josh's Tobacco Funding Push Amid Abbey's Return

Department of Veterans Affairs flagged for up to $12M transfer ceiling to Civil Division per law, futile against House blocks Josh details, amplifying Leo's conviction that even escalated funds won't prevail in tobacco colossus clash.

Active Representation

Via quantified cap in transfer law discussion.

Power Dynamics

Veteran funds hostage to committee tobacco loyalties.

Organizational Goals

Execute lawful transfers up to authorized limits Support DOJ's veteran-adjacent public health fights

Influence Mechanisms

Capped fiscal provisions in enabling legislation Integration into broader federal justice funding

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

2 events

S3E7

Angler Exposes Extradition Crisis: Italy to Release Killer Kid Without Death Penalty Assurances

In a tense hallway walk-and-talk, State Department official Russell Angler reveals to Josh Lyman that the 13-year-old Georgian killer is held provisionally at Rome's San …

S3E18

State Official Confronts Toby on Summit Doubts and Russian Reporter Credentials

In Toby's office, a State Department official intercepts him, bluntly questioning the Helsinki summit's viability amid Russian provocations like the Iran reactor deal. Toby pivots …