COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - State officials say South Carolina Gov.
Mark Sanford asked for extra economic development meetings in
Argentina during a trip that brought him to Buenos Aires, where his
mistress lived.
Commerce Department spokeswoman Kara Borie said Friday that
official plans had been made to only visit Brazil on an
expenses-paid economic recruitment trip the governor took last
year.
But Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor planned to say longer at his
own expense in Cordoba in Argentina for a bird-hunting trip and
invited the governor and others to come along.
Borie said Sanford agreed to go along for a day and half, and
asked for additional meetings in Argentina tied to economic
development. On Thursday, Sanford said he would reimburse the state
for the trip.
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