Pawlenty in New Hampshire

Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn., shakes hands as he greets New Hampshire Republicans with his wife Mary during a GOP fundraiser in Concord, N.H. on Dec. 16, 2009.
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty spoke to a group of Republican Party activists in New Hampshire on Dec. 16, 2009. Pawlenty criticized federal spending, the health care bill being debated in Congress and President Obama's failure to deliver bipartisan agreement on key issues.