LOUISIANA SENATOR DAVID VITTER ADDRESSES THE MEDIA ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE D.C. MADAM
Wendy Vitter, wife of Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Metairie, Louisiana, July 16, 2007. Vitter apologized again for "a serious sin in my past," a week after phone records showed he had contacted the D.C. madam. The couple refused to answer questions after their brief statements. (UPI Photo/A.J. Sisco)
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