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• Bureau of Indian Affairs, the
  1. a US government organization which is concerned with the WELFARE and education of Native Americans and with other legal matters concerning RESERVATION s (= areas set aside for Native Americans to live on)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the
  1. a British government department that is responsible for things such as plans for new roads and buildings, the protection of the countryside and old buildings, and the quality of the air and water in the UK. It is now also responsible for government policy on farming and the countryside.
• Department of Veterans Affairs (noun)
  1. the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989
• Institute of Economic Affairs
  1. a British organization formed in 1957 to promote FREE MARKET economics. Its ideas were popular with Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative PRIME MINISTER from 1979 to 90.
• Master in Public Affairs (noun)
  1. a master's degree in questions of public concern
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs (noun)
  1. the position of the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs
  2. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Veterans Affairs, the
  1. a US government organization which deals with things relating to former members of the armed forces, such as health care, education, and PENSION s (= money given to someone when they stop working)
• current affairs (noun)
  1. important political events or other events in society that are happening now
• foreign affairs (noun)
  1. politics, business matters etc that affect or concern the relationship between your country and other countries
• international affairs (noun)
  1. affairs between nations
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