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Formal Bush Cabinet Portrait

United States President George W. Bush's cabinet photographed on April 9, 2001 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. First row, from left, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Treasury Paul O'Neill, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. Top row from left,.U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman, Secretary of Education Roderick Paige, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels, and Chief of Staff Andrew Card. .Mandatory Photo by Pa

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Ex-U.S. transport secretary urges Japan makers to be more globalized

ANNAPOLIS, United States - Norman Mineta, former U.S. transport secretary and a special counsel at Japan's Takata Corp., speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Annapolis, the United States. Mineta urged Japanese manufacturers to be more globalized so they can better address problems such as the recent recall campaign for Takata's defective automotive air bags.

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Japanese-Americans WWII internment

LOS ANGELES, United States - Actor George Takei (L) and Norman Mineta, former U.S. transportation secretary, are pictured in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2012, after announcing the launch of the Remembrance Project, a website to allow the sharing of stories about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

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Ex-U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta

WASHINGTON, United States - Norman Mineta, a former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Mineta said he saw for the first time his father, an immigrant to San Jose, California, from Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture, cry following the attack.

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Heart Mountain wartime internment museum

HEART MOUNTAIN, United States - Norman Mineta (far L), a former U.S. secretary of transportation, looks on as his fellow former internees cut a barbed wire ''ribbon'' during an opening ceremony for the Interpretive Learning Center in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, on Aug. 20, 2011. The facility tells the history of more than 14,000 Japanese-Americans who were forced to live at the camp during World War II.

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Mineta visits Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta (R) looks at exhibits at the U.S. pavilion during a visit to the 2005 World Exposition at Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture on April 12.

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Mineta stresses need for auto trade pact with Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta speaks at a the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 11. He reiterated the U.S. contention that it is necessary to reinstate a bilateral agreement aimed at boosting sales of U.S.-made autos and auto parts in Japan.

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Mineta urges revival of auto trade pact with Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta (R) shakes hands with Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma in Tokyo on Jan. 10. Mineta urged Japan to reinstate a bilateral auto and auto-parts trade agreement that expired at the end of last year.

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Mineta visits Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta (R) looks at exhibits at the U.S. pavilion during a visit to the 2005 World Exposition at Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture on April 12. (Kyodo)

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Heart Mountain wartime internment museum

HEART MOUNTAIN, United States - Norman Mineta (far L), a former U.S. secretary of transportation, looks on as his fellow former internees cut a barbed wire ''ribbon'' during an opening ceremony for the Interpretive Learning Center in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, on Aug. 20, 2011. The facility tells the history of more than 14,000 Japanese-Americans who were forced to live at the camp during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Americans WWII internment

LOS ANGELES, United States - Actor George Takei (L) and Norman Mineta, former U.S. transportation secretary, are pictured in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2012, after announcing the launch of the Remembrance Project, a website to allow the sharing of stories about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Ex-U.S. transport secretary urges Japan makers to be more globalized

ANNAPOLIS, United States - Norman Mineta, former U.S. transport secretary and a special counsel at Japan's Takata Corp., speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Annapolis, the United States. Mineta urged Japanese manufacturers to be more globalized so they can better address problems such as the recent recall campaign for Takata's defective automotive air bags. (Kyodo)

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Ex-U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta

WASHINGTON, United States - Norman Mineta, a former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Mineta said he saw for the first time his father, an immigrant to San Jose, California, from Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture, cry following the attack. (Kyodo)

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Mineta stresses need for auto trade pact with Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta speaks at a the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 11. He reiterated the U.S. contention that it is necessary to reinstate a bilateral agreement aimed at boosting sales of U.S.-made autos and auto parts in Japan.

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Mineta urges revival of auto trade pact with Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta (R) shakes hands with Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma in Tokyo on Jan. 10. Mineta urged Japan to reinstate a bilateral auto and auto-parts trade agreement that expired at the end of last year.