2013 Governor's State of the State speeches: on Foreign Policy

Jack Markell: World now is more global; more productive; more competitive

This is the world we now live in. There are 3 billion people in the world today looking for jobs, but only 1.2 billion jobs available.

This too is the world we now live in. More global. More productive. More competitive. It is a new world of unprecedented opportunities--to create new partnerships, to sell to new customers, to innovate and collaborate in ways previously unimaginable.

But it is also a world with new and formidable challenges--to attract and retain employers that have more options than ever; to educate our children to higher standards of job readiness; to invest in the future as we care for an aging population.

Brian Sandoval: $10M Knowledge Fund, and expand Nevada's global footprint

We must also invest in our Nevada's innovators and entrepreneurs. And tonight, I am proud to announce that we will commit $10 million to Nevada's Knowledge Fund to do just that.

For rural Nevada, we have also placed an item in the budget to support the University Cooperative Extension program, in rural Nevada and we are moving forward on "Nevada Grown," to provide Nevada farm products for Nevadans, and funds to market rural Nevada tourism are increased.

Nikki Haley: $5 billion in foreign investment: the "It" state worldwide

And we've seen no less an authority than The Wall Street Journal say that, "Anyone still thinking the U.S. has lost its manufacturing chops hasn't been to South Carolina."

South Carolina is truly becoming the "It" state when it comes to economic development and job creation--not just in the United States, but worldwide.