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<FILENAME>rischpoa.txt
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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, TIMOTHY R. BAER,
DAVID L. DONLIN and WENDY B. MAHLING 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 debt, equity
and 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 3rd day of
February, 2007.


/s/ Troy H. Risch
Troy H. Risch
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