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The Year in ReviewFor the first time in U.S. history, Asian Americans were pushed from the sidelines and thrust into the limelight in 2000. With our burgeoning population, estimated to be 10.9 million in 1999 and predicted to reach 37.6 million by 2050, it was difficult to overlook us. A report released this summer revealed Asian Americans voting in congressional elections increased from 1 million in 1994 to 1.4 million in 1998. Even the political machines took notice. In June President Bill Clinton nominated Norman Mineta to secretary of commerce, making him the first API to head a cabinet department. Two months later in an act of defiance against the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee, the president named Bill Lann Lee as assistant attorney for civil rights in a recess appointment. He also established the Advisory Commission of Asian American and Pacific Islanders to guide him on federal efforts to improve the quality of life of APIs.
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