![As a child, former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, seen here in 2004, spent two years of his life in a World War II internment camp after the Pearl Harbor attack.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/05/03/gettyimages-97987333_wide-d9e7c1a523e1c67d68748ffa13f6710f512345aa.jpg?s=600)
Mineta served during the Clinton and Bush administrations, leading the Department of Transportation through the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Mineta served during the Clinton and Bush administrations, leading the Department of Transportation through the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.
(Image credit: Al Messerschmidt/WireImage)