A00013 - Norm Mineta, Internment Camp Survivor Who Became First Asian Cabinet Secretary
88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 I note with some sadness the passing of Alan Simpson, the three-term Senator from Wyoming Alan K. Simpson, Interna Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93 - The New York Times Alan Simpson was a Republican and, as such, I rarely agreed with his political views. Nevertheless, I did recognize that in the era of the 1980s and 1990s, he at least seemed to be a man of principal. That perception was confirmed years after he retired when I learned about his long-term friendship with Norm Mineta, the long-time Democratic Congressman from San Jose who served as the first Asian American Cabinet Secretary under President Bill Clinton. Norman Y. Mineta, First Japanese American Cabinet Member, Dies at 90 - The New York Times What touched me was the friendship that developed between Alan Simpson and Norm Mineta when they were merely boys. It was during World War II and Mineta was incarcerated in the...