Iranian-Americans have been widely successful in the United States. But they've largely been absent from the political scene. Now Cyrus Habib is changing that. He's currently the highest ranking Iranian-American elected official -- newly elected to the Washington Legislature.
Secretary Locke says small and minority-owned businesses among first to recover from economic downturn.
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discusses his recent trip to China, where officials refuse to risk slowing economic growth by setting mandatory emission cuts. Locke says sharing clean technology with China and including emissions standards in trade agreemen
Former Washington State Governor Gary Locke is reportedly President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary. For more details on this new pick, we are joined by Tom Banse a regional correspondent for Northwest Public Radio.