South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley is touting state job numbers, repeatedly saying she's thrilled about the 10,000 jobs announced since she took office. But there's a little more to the story.
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Some employers are hiring this year, but thousands of those jobs won't come online for years. And the governor's boast includes hundreds of jobs with Amazon.com that she actually fought.
Plus, after repeated questions from The Associated Press, the Haley administration changed its tally several times before dropping it to 9,000 jobs; 4,000 of those are with Wal-Mart.
To be sure, the six-month tally is encouraging for a state long suffering with high unemployment. And the head of the state manufacturers association says he's pleased with Haley's recruiting.
The governor's office says it is not being misleading. Haley says she is working on bringing more jobs to rural areas.
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