What is Anthony Principi?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox Officeholder |name = Anthony Joseph Principi |image = Anthony Principi.jpg |imagesize = 175px |smallimage = |caption = |order = 4th [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] |term_start = January 23, 2001 |term_end = January 26, 2005 |vicepresident = |viceprimeminister = |deputy = |president = [[George W. Bush]] |primeminister = |predecessor = [[Hershel W. Gober]] {{small|(acting)}} |successor = [[Robert James Nicholson]] |order2 = [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] |term_start2 = September 26, 1992 |term_end2 = January 20, 1993 |vicepresident2 = |viceprimeminister2 = |deputy2 = |president2 = [[George H. W. Bush]] |primeminister2 = |predecessor2 = [[Ed Derwinski]] |successor2 = [[Jesse Brown]] |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1944|4|16|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[New York City]] |death_date= |death_place= |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |alma_mater=[[United States Naval Academy]]<br>[[Seton Hall]] |profession= |branch=[[United States Navy]] |battles=[[Vietnam War]] }} '''Anthony Joseph Principi''' (born April 16, 1944) was the 4th [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]. He was picked by [[U.S. President|President]] [[George W. Bush]] on January 23, 2001, and resigned on January 26, 2005. He is a [[lobbyist]] for [[Pfizer]] and chairman of QTC Management, a company that works on contracts for the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Veterans Affairs Department]].<ref>USA Tpday (2009). [https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-05-19-newjobs_N.htm Several Bush officials work in areas related to former jobs]. Retrieved August 9, 2009.</ref> ==Early life== Principi is a 1967 graduate of the [[United States Naval Academy]] at [[Annapolis, Maryl