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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div style="display:inline-block; font-size:125%;" class="fn">Anthony Joseph Principi</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_Principi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Anthony_Principi.jpg/175px-Anthony_Principi.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Anthony_Principi.jpg/263px-Anthony_Principi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Anthony_Principi.jpg/350px-Anthony_Principi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="1185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">4th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 23, 2001 – January 26, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hershel_W._Gober" title="Hershel W. Gober">Hershel W. Gober</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_James_Nicholson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert James Nicholson (not yet started)">Robert James Nicholson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">Acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 26, 1992 – January 20, 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Derwinski" title="Ed Derwinski">Ed Derwinski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Brown" title="Jesse Brown">Jesse Brown</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-04-16</span>) </span>April 16, 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seton_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seton Hall (not yet started)">Seton Hall</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anthony Joseph Principi</b> (born April 16, 1944) was the 4th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a>. He was picked by <a href="/wiki/U.S._President" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. President">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> on January 23, 2001, and resigned on January 26, 2005. He is a <a href="/wiki/Lobbyist" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobbyist">lobbyist</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pfizer" title="Pfizer">Pfizer</a> and chairman of QTC Management, a company that works on contracts for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Principi&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Early life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Principi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Early life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Principi is a 1967 graduate of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>, and first saw active duty aboard the destroyer <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Joseph_P._Kennedy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USS Joseph P. Kennedy (not yet started)">USS Joseph P. Kennedy</a></i>. He later served in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, commanding a River Patrol Unit in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mekong_Delta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mekong Delta (not yet started)">Mekong Delta</a>. </p><p>Principi earned his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> degree from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Seton_Hall_University_School_of_Law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seton Hall University School of Law (not yet started)">Seton Hall</a> in 1975 and was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Judge_Advocate_General_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Judge Advocate General Corps (not yet started)">Judge Advocate General Corps</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>. In 1980, he was <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/transfer" class="extiw" title="wikt:transfer">transferred</a> to Washington as a legislative counsel for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Principi&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Principi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Principi has worked on national policy issues and has held several executive-level positions in federal government throughout his career. He chaired the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Quality_Institute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal Quality Institute (not yet started)">Federal Quality Institute</a> in 1991, and was chairman of the Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/established" class="extiw" title="wikt:established">established</a> by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Principi served as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (not yet started)">Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a>, VA's second-highest executive position, from March 17, 1989, to September 26, 1992, when he was picked Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs by President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>. He served in that position until January 1993. After that, he served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> chief <a href="/w/index.php?title=Counsel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Counsel (not yet started)">counsel</a> and staff director of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> Committee on Armed Services. </p><p>From 1984 to 1988, he served as Republican chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Committee on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs">Veterans' Affairs</a>. 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