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The Republican governor of the US state of South Carolina, has admitted to having an extra-marital affair with a woman from Argentina.
Mark Sanford disappeared for several days, but did not tell family and staff he had been visiting Argentina.
He says he will now resign as head of the Republican Governors' Association.
Mr Sanford, who had been a potential Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential elections, did not say whether he would be leaving his office.
In an emotional news conference, Mr Sanford said he had "let down a lot of people".
He said he had been having an affair for about a year with a "dear friend" he first met "very innocently" eight years ago.
"I've been unfaithful to my wife," he said, adding that he had spent the last five days "crying in Argentina".
Mr Sanford said what he had done was wrong. "Period. End of story."
He said his wife and family had known of the affair for the past five months and that he was resigning his post of chair of the RGA.
Another sex scandal eh? It's endemic to both parties. I mean former NY Gov. Elliot Spitzer had the call-girl thing. Hay...life is life~