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Haley also met with corporations like [[AT&T]], an [[ALEC]] corporation member and state co-chair of six states, to talk education reform on July 31, 2013. Pamela Lackey, president of [[AT&T]] of South Carolina said South Carolina needed education reform to "meet the needs of today's businesses." <ref> Beam, Adam [http://www.thestate.com/2013/07/31/2892219/gov-nikki-haley-meets-with-business.html Gov. Nikki Haley meets with business leaders to discuss education reform] The State, July 31, 2013 </ref>
==="War on Women", Contraceptions, Pro-Life Stance===
Haley says her pro-life stance does not come from her Republican ideology, but of her difficulty to have children, and her husband's adoption as an infant. She also says the mandating of organization to include contraception in their coverage in the Affordable Care Act should not be under government jurisdiction. <ref name = "CNN: The Situation Room"> [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1204/05/sitroom.01.html CNN: The Situation Room] April 5, 2012 </ref>
In terms of the "war on women" during the 2012 election by GOP legislators, Haley says the idea is simply a "distraction" used by the [[Barack Obama]] campaign to avoid his record during his 1st term.
:"Well, I mean how many times can we say the word "distraction"? That's what President Obama is doing. He doesn't want us talking about his record. He doesn't want us talking about how he has raised more debt in three years than President Bush has in eight.
He doesn't want us talking about the fact that he said if we would take the stimulus money we would never get above eight percent unemployment. So this is a President that is trying to create distractions. There is no war on women. Women are doing well." <ref name = "FOX News: O'Reilly Factor"> [http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2012/04/10/gov-nikki-haley-no-spin-zone Gov. Nikki Haley: no spin zone] April 9, 2012 </ref>
==Awards and Affliations==