Reply #11: AP: Transportation Secretary Mineta To Step Down

[Eugene]

Jun 23, 2006 10:11 am US/Central
Transportation Secretary Mineta To Step Down
Mineta's Resignation Is Effective July 17

(AP) WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, the only Democrat in President Bush's
Cabinet, will step down next month.

Mineta's resignation is effective July 17, White House press secretary Tony Snow said Friday.

Mineta, 74, was plagued with back problems during his tenure as transportation secretary and
spent months working from home and the hospital. But he has since recovered, and Snow offered
no explanation for why he has decided to leave now.

Snow paid tribute to Mineta's long history in public life: his service in the Army, his elections
to local positions in California, his 20 years representing California in the U.S. House, and
his tours in two Cabinet positions, as Commerce secretary under former President Clinton and
now under Bush.

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