Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta is leaving the Bush administration on July 7. Mineta is one of two Asian Americans and the lone Democrat serving in the president's cabinet.
Mineta has headed the Transportation Department since President Bush took office in 2001. Mineta was also a member of former President Clinton's adminstration as commerce secretary and was the first Asian American to hold a cabinet post.
During his time at the Transportation Department, Mineta oversaw the creation of the Transportation Security Adminstration after the Sept. 11 attacks. He is the longest-serving transportation chief since the department was created in 1967.
As a congressman from San Jose, Mineta spearheaded the effort to pass the redress law for 120,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned during World War II.
Mineta's had a wonderful career and done some great things for Asian Americans and all Americans.
Posted by harry at June 23, 2006 3:13 PM
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Coincidence?
Hmm... less than 24 hours after being quoted live on national TV,
Mineta is unemployed:
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Oliver North interviews Professor James Fetzer of http://www.st911.org/
on "Hannity and Colmes" of FoxNews
*****Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:45pm ET*****
http://tinyurl.com/my3k3
http://www.911podcasts.com/view.php?cat=0&med=0&ord=Name&strt=0&vid=122&epi=327&typ=0&form=0
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Transportation secretary resigns
*****Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:28pm ET*****
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta,
who spearheaded an unprecedented overhaul of transportation security
after the September 11 attacks, announced his resignation on
Friday....
http://tinyurl.com/hwhey
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-06-23T172752Z_01_WAT005901_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-MINETA.xml
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http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=964034652002408586
The first post ends with "Mineta's had a wonderful career..." Typical intro to establish the lackluster existence of strong Asian men in America. "Wonderful"? What kind of a WEAK adjective is that? Why not say "Mineta's had a gay career..."? And why is Mineta resigning? Why doesn't he get fired? He should stay and get fired and at least then we'll know that he's got some mettle. Resign? Who resigns? Weak, Weak, WEAK. Will a Strong Asian Man please stand up???