Governor Mark Sanford Admitted an Affair

Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina, a Republican, admitted to cheating on his wife with a woman from Argentina.

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He admitted the affair in a news conference on Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

“The bottom line is, I have been unfaithful to my wife,” he said, in a conference shown widely on television.

Previously, he had been missing for days and it was reported that he had hiking on the Appalachian Trail.

In fact, he had been seeing his mistress in Argentina.