Clinton, others eulogize Norman Mineta, former cabinet member and San Jose mayor who was interned in Japanese camp as boy
Former San Jose Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta made his final...
Source: sfchronicle.com
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Former San Jose Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta made his final...
Interned in wartime as a Japanese American, he went to Congress and became the first Japanese American cabinet officer, serving Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Norman Mineta, who as a boy was interned with his family and thousands of other Japanese Americans during World War II, then rose in government to become a 10-term Democratic congressman from California and a Cabinet official under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W.