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Nikki Haley Urges Obama To Spend More on Port Deepening



At a White House meeting with President Barack Obama and other governors, Gov. Nikki Haley implored Obama to find more money to deepen the Charleston port and other Atlantic harbors so they can accommodate giant cargo ships after the widening of the Panama Canal is completed in 2014.

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