GOP So. Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at the National Press Club
Republican Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., on March 15, 2013.
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South Carolina's Republican Governor Nikki Haley is the youngest governor in the nation, and that state's first female and first minority governor. She titled her National Press Club talk, "The New American South" and answered questions on a wide range of issues including education, immigration, racism and guns.
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