The Associated Press reported

Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001; 6:05 p.m. EST.

"By a single vote of 100-0, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Mitch Daniels

as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget; Mel

Martinez as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development;

and Anthony Principi as veterans affairs secretary. "

"Principi, 56, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, was deputy secretary of

veterans affairs under Bush's father and later served as acting secretary.

Principi has pledged to fight for more generous veterans' benefits and to

simplify the agency's complex system of processing claims. " end AP quotes.

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