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Gary Locke … and the `family secret’

Gary Locke … and the `family secret’

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke,  the country’s first Chinese-American governor when he served Washington state from 1997 to 2005, has long treasured his roots and made his “Great American Dream” a major storyline in his campaigns.  Now in a column in the New York Times by Seattle’s own Tim Egan, Locke talks about his grandfather’s apparently illegal entry into the USA all those years ago. Here’s the piece.