Texas vets reunite with Japanese-American rescuers Nov 2, 2009
Mike Mullen and former Secretary Norman Mineta held a news conference to honor the veterans for their valor. Sharon Steinmann. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Comic brags about snorting coke feet away from Obama... Oct 23, 2009
Cross said that he was seated "super close to the president" and seated with or near former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, former Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and "the editor-in-chief of the USA Today.". "But it's crazy and there's security, Secret Service is standing there," said Cross. (The Drudge Report)
Yarbrough: Upcoming safety drill vitally important Sep 5, 2009
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta is the honorary chairman of the 9/11 Drill Down for Safety program, which has the backing of the National Association of Emergency Managers, the U.S. Medical Reserve Corps, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a host of corporate sponsors. In a recent news conference, Mineta said, "Safe America is championing this project because we believe we need to shift the attention from what government can or... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Heart Mountain museum gathers artifacts from former internees, families Aug 19, 2009
It was during a rainstorm at a Boy Scout jamboree at Heart Mountain that Simpson shared a pup tent with former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, who was then an internee. The two would later serve in Congress together and have remained close friends. (Casper Star-Tribune)
One call that could save lives Jul 28, 2009
But true to the behavior of the Bush administration, which never wanted sound science to inform sound policy on anything, Runge said he was asked by John Flaherty, the chief of staff for Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, only for enough evidence to not create enemies among all the stakeholders. Dead was a draft letter the highway safety agency prepared for Mineta to send to governors. (Boston Globe)
Driving, texting more like DWI Jul 27, 2009
NHTSA researchers had a letter prepared from then-Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta in 2003 that concluded, "We therefore recommend that the drivers not use wireless communication devices, including text messaging systems, when driving, except in an emergency." It was never issued. Six years later, it's worth wondering how many lives might have been saved had the menace of distracted drivers been better understood. (Albany Times Union)
Agency declined to study cell use Jul 21, 2009
The researchers also shelved a draft letter they had prepared for Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta to send; the letter warned states that hands-free laws might not solve the problem. That letter said that hands-free headsets do not eliminate the serious accident risk. (News & Observer)
Japanese culture's roots run deep in Bay Area Apr 17, 2009
The church is in San Jose's Japantown, which includes Okida Hall, a century-old theater that now houses the San Jose Taiko drummers and an aikido school, the Japanese American Museum and the childhood home of former congressman and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta. Takahashi Market. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tax Distractions Feb 8, 2009
(Norman Mineta served as transportation secretary, the lone Democrat among Bush's overwhelmingly Republican Cabinets. . (Slate)
