With a Boeing Co. manufacturing plant in North Charleston and BMW Manufacturing in Greer, Mrs. Haley said she needed to court aerospace companies at the Paris event and manufacturers in Munich.
"The story painted a grossly inaccurate picture and was unprofessionally done, but my 'little girl' comment was inappropriate and I regret that," Mrs. Haley said. "Everyone can have a bad day. I'll forgive her bad story, if she'll forgive my poor choice of words."