Gov. Pawlenty visits Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan

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Gov. Pawlenty with Lt. Col. William Lieder
Lt. Col. William Lieder of Eagan, Minn., commander of the 1-34 Brigade Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat, 34th Infantry Division, is greeted by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday, March 7 at Camp Adder, Iraq. Gov. Pawlenty visited several hundred soldiers of the 1/34 BCT stationed at Camp Adder.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood

(AP) - Gov. Pawlenty is now in Afghanistan on an unannounced trip.

Pawlenty and the governors of Arizona and Oklahoma arrived in Afghanistan after a trip to Iraq, where Pawlenty met with Minnesota troops. The governors met with President Hamid Karzai in the presidential palace in Kabul.

The U.S. Embassy says it's likely the governors will also meet with troops from their individual states, but can't say when or where because of security reasons. A Pawlenty spokesman says he was not authorized to comment.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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