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Aug 20, 2008 1:39 pm US/Central

Tim Pawlenty Hints At Africa Trip

ST. PAUL (AP) ― Gov. Tim Pawlenty says his administration is considering a state trade mission to Africa before his term expires.

Pawlenty says the Africa trip is in the early planning stages -- so much so that details about countries he would visit and focus he would put on the travel are up in the air.

The two-term Republican Party governor disclosed the potential trip during a news conference on efforts to fight global hunger and disease. He signed a "ONE State" proclamation lending Minnesota's symbolic backing to a campaign against extreme poverty around the world. About a dozen states have signed on as well as local governments.

Pawlenty has previously taken official trade trips to Canada, China, India, Mexico and a few nations in Europe.

Pawlenty's term ends in early 2011.



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