WATCH: Nikki Haley gives the GOP response to the State of the Union

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley gave the Republican response to the president's final State of the Union shortly after the president finishes his speech. You can watch that live here.

Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, was the first female and the first member of a minority group to serve as South Carolina's governor. She has been mentioned as a possible Republican vice presidential candidate this year.

(Reporting by AOL.com with additional reporting from Reuters by Richard Cowan; Editing by David Alexander)

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