Thursday, March 15, 2012

APNewsBreak: Target CEO defends Minn. donations

Target Corp.'s CEO says its political donations to a Minnesota group helping the Republican gubernatorial candidate don't compromise the company's support of the gay community.

Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel (STINE'-hoff-el) sent a letter to employees at Target's Minneapolis headquarters on Tuesday.

It says the company rarely endorses all positions of the organizations or candidates it supports, and adds, "We do not have a political or social agenda."

Steinhafel says he has been hearing from gay and lesbian employees concerned about Target's donations to a business-friendly group running ads for Tom Emmer, the presumptive Republican …

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