Zak salutes Mel Martinez

Mel Martinez, Republican Senator and Hispanic immigrant
Grand Old Partisan, January 24, 2008, Michael Zak wrote,

Grand Old Partisan salutes Senator Melquíades (Mel) Martinez (R-FL). On this day in 2001, Martinez became the first Cuban-American in a presidential cabinet when he became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the George W. Bush administration. Continued...