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Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced his candidacy for president on May 23, 2011. Pawlenty was raised a Roman Catholic, but now attends the evangelical interdenominational Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Wooddale\u2019s senior pastor is Rev. Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals. Watch excerpts from Pawlenty\u2019s June 3, 2011 speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington, DC, where he outlines conservative policy positions he says are based on his determination to \u201ctell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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