the announcement apparently comes out after the jet is in the air.

While she's in Japan, will she journey to neighboring Okinawa and visit the many military personnel with ties to North Carolina?

Has any Governor traveled as far and wide, at the taxpayers expense as outgoing Governor Perdue?

And will she or Crisco have the spine to issue a report, on their return, confirming the "prospects" with whom he directly met and the outcome of those meetings?

Finally, how large was the entourage?