Pawlenty to speak at National Press Club on Wednesday

Many of us in the Capitol press corps are twiddling our thumbs as we wait for the Legislature to take action on the flood relief package.

One interesting sidebar is that Gov. Pawlenty will be speaking at the National Press Club on Wednesday. Here's a story from a Kansas paper mentioning Pawlenty's trip (see last sentence). He'll be talking about Clean Energy along with Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

Governor Pawlenty's spokesman Brian McClung said Pawlenty is scheduled to speak at 2 pm (eastern) but is waiting to finalize those plans pending the actions of the Legislature.

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