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Pawlenty to be featured at Michigan GOP event

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A second potential 2012 presidential candidate will attend a major Republican conference this month in Michigan.

The Michigan GOP said Wednesday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to attend the Sept. 25-27 Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island.

GOP 2008 presidential candidate Mitt Romney also will be there.

The biennial gathering is seen as a tuneup for potential 2012 candidates, as well as Republicans running in 2010 statewide races.

Pawlenty, who's vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association, announced in June he wouldn't seek a third term.

Since then, his appearances at GOP gatherings nationwide has stoked speculation of a 2012 run for president.

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