"Arnold Schwarzenegger told you he’d be back.

Just months removed from a raucous seven years as California governor, the global warming gladiator is about to hopscotch around the planet in his new role as a green technology cheerleader.

Schwarzenegger will kick off his world tour Tuesday at an Energy Department-sponsored conference in suburban Washington, where he will try to connect the dots between energy policy and Hollywood stars who once doubted the benefits of weightlifting."

Darren Samuelsohn reports for Politico March 1, 2011. [2]