Patsy Mink.
Daniel Akaka.
Daniel Inouye.
Top three in my book, from the great state of HI.
This guy, known to most, was born in San Francisco:
For the styling DUers, Vera Wang, who is a generous donor to Dem pols:
I M Pei, who designed a number of remarkable buildings, among them the JFK Library:
And let's not forget another Asian leader in landscape and architectural design, the creator of the Vietnam War Memorial, Maya Lin:
My pal, Eric "Rick" Shinseki, who was right about Iraq, right about Afghanistan, and was screwed by Bushco, only to rise again under BHO as Secretary of Veteran's Affairs:
To continue a military theme, how about BGEN Albert Lyman, who, despite his name, was the first Asian general in the Army:
How about WW2 hero RADM Gordon Chung-Hoon?
Or the fighting Ahns? Susan (on right) was the first female USN gunnery officer:
How about the world of entertainment?
Kal Penn, of Harold and Kumar and tons of other stuff fame--he also works for POTUS on occasion:
Carrie Ann Inaba, of DWTS fame, who is active in animal rights issues, too:
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