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...plucking his Transportation Secretary from the ranks of the GOP, Barack Obama wasn't breaking tradition but extending it. In 2000, George W. Bush tapped Democrat Norman Mineta for the post-the lone cross-aisle appointment of his Administration. There's reason to believe LaHood - a veteran Illinois pol who counts Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, as a close friend - will play far more than a token role in the incoming Democratic regime. At Transportation, LaHood will shepherd the massive public works program Obama announced on Dec. 6 as the centerpiece of a plan to jumpstart the economy...
...what does that mean? It has become something of a tradition for a President to claim bipartisanship by appointing stray members of the opposing party who either have a similar outlook or are tucked into the most obscure Cabinet positions; even George W. Bush hired Norman Mineta - remember him? - as Secretary of Transportation. Obama seems intent on going beyond that. "I don't want to have people who just agree with me," he said. "I want people who are continually pushing me out of my comfort zone." Obama said he'd be particularly interested in having high-ranking Republicans advising...
...Republican familiar with White House plans said that, indeed, Snow and Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta (yes, he's still in the Cabinet) are likely to go. Mineta, a Democratic holdover from President Bill Clinton and a charter member of Bush's Cabinet, will not be pushed out but allowed to leave, sources said. Dr. Bolten is also applying his stethoscope to the offices of Intergovernmental Affairs and Cabinet liaison...
When pilots wanted to carry weapons after 9-11, government officials rushed to criticize the plan. Secretary of Transportation Norm Mineta repeatedly said that he wouldn?t support the initiative. One big concern was the question of how pilots would transport their weapons when they were off-duty. But in spite of apprehensions, the government finally relented in April, 2003 by instating the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program, which allows trained pilots to carry guns while they are flying the plane. Off-duty pilots are required to put their weapons in lockboxes and store them in the cargo hold...
...public consideration and has not made key documents available on its website, as it does for most other such matters. The department says it is conducting an informal review and that appropriate papers are available to the public. The small carriers made their case directly to Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta last month. Mineta will probably rule by the end of the year. --By Sally B. Donnelly