Pawlenty heads south

Gov. Pawlenty heads to South America on Saturday as a part of a 44 person trade mission. AP has an interesting analysis on Pawlenty's international travel and how it could help him, if in fact he decides what his future holds and runs for the White House in 2012.

Here's a look at the map of his out of state travel since he announced he wasn't running for a third term as governor in June.

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