When George W. Bush was inaugurated in January 2001, he asked Norm to stay in his cabinet, this time as Secretary of Transportation. It’s only the fourth time in history that a cabinet member has served presidents of opposite political parties. “I tried to depoliticize my cabinet. I didn’t want people in there serving the Republican Party, I wanted people in there serving their country. There is no better servant for America than Norm Mineta,” Bush recalled.[14]
