Article: Governor will sell the state abroad Two stops in Canada precede overseas visit

MANCHESTER -- Governor Jeanne Shaheen accompanied US Commerce Secretary William Daley on a visit to the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario this month and sung the state's praises. In October, when she journeys to Ireland and England with a contingent of business executives, she will become the first New Hampshire governor ever to conduct a trade mission outside of North America.

So what does New Hampshire have to sell? And why is its governor taking to the road to peddle its wares? In some ways, such trips are a polite way of saying, "Give us your money."

"One of our goals for the mission with the governor is to get the word out in Dublin and London that New Hampshire is a good ...

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