Pawlenty threatens to derail steel plant deal

Governor Pawlenty announced in a surprise statement that he may halt the billion dollar steel plant after learning that the same company may build an oil plant in Iran. India based SR Global denied that it had plans to build a plant in Iran. The steel plant could have hundreds of jobs. The announcement came on the heels of a recent trip to India to increase Minnesota's trade presence in India and China. Pawlenty said that he would not allow a company that does business with Iran which is a known state sponsor of terror to do business in MN.