Pawlenty gets seated closer to Afghanistan’s president than to his own

Gov. Tim Pawlenty got a choice seat near Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an international security conference in Munich, Germany, earlier this month. Today’s he’s in Washington, D.C., as part of a large group of governors meeting with President Obama. But in photos from the event, he’s not sitting nearly as close to Obama as he was to Karzai. In fact, he’s nowhere to be seen.

Minnesota Public Radio’s News Cut posts three photos that show today’s event  from different angles, with not even a telltale mullet in sight. Here is a shot of Pawlenty with a second-row seat in Munich for an address by Karzai:

President Hamid Karzai and Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Photo: Sebastien Zwez