Alan Simpson, who sought redress for WWII Japanese Americans, dies

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, who dedicated himself to securing an apology and compensation from the government for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, has died, a group of which he was a board member said. He was 93.Simpson died at a hospice in Cody, Wyoming, on Friday. A longtime Republican, he developed a close friendship with the late Democratic Rep. Norman Mineta, the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. Cabinet.Born in Denver, Colorado, in 1931, Simpson was a Wyoming House of Representatives member before becoming a U.S. senator for the state, holding th…READ FULL ARTICLE