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TARGET CORPORATION

Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director and/or officer of TARGET CORPORATION,
a Minnesota corporation (the Corporation), does hereby
make, constitute and appoint ROBERT J. ULRICH,
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, STEPHEN C. KOWALKE, TIMOTHY R. BAER,
DAVID L. DONLIN and JEFFREY A. PROULX and each or any one
of them, the undersigneds true and lawful attorneys-in-fact,
with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigneds name, place and stead, to sign and affix the
undersigneds name as director and/or officer of the
Corporation to (1) a Form 10-K, Annual Report, or
other applicable form, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act),
including any and all exhibits, schedules, supplements,
certifications and supporting documents thereto, including,
but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the
Corporations 401(k) Plan and similar plans pursuant to
the 1934 Act, and all amendments, supplementations and
corrections thereto, to be filed by the Corporation with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as
required in connection with its registration under the
1934 Act, as amended; (2) one or more Forms 3, 4 or 5
pursuant to the 1934 Act and all related documents,
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto,
to be filed with the SEC as required under the 1934 Act;
and (3) one or more Registration Statements, on Form S-3,
Form S-8, Form 144 or other applicable forms, and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto,
to be filed by the Corporation with the SEC in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, of debentures or other securities of the
Corporation, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other supporting documents, with the SEC.

The undersigned also grants to said attorneys-in-fact,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to
the performance and execution of the powers herein
expressly granted.  This Power of Attorney shall
remain in effect until revoked in writing by the
undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
below as of this 22nd day of August, 2005.

/s/ Mary E. Minnick
Mary E. Minnick
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