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Vitter's Sorry for ... Something

Posted Jul 17, 07 6:57 AM CDT in US,  Politics 

(Newser) – Taking a page out of the Jason Giambi playbook, Louisiana Senator David Vitter yesterday held a press conference to apologize for "actions from my past" but categorically refused to specify what, exactly, he'd done wrong. Vitter spent a week in seclusion after his number showed up in the D.C. Madam's phone records, and an infamous brothel in New Orleans cited him as a customer, too.

The senator plans to return to the capital and continue working, saying he's been forgiven by both God and his wife and that the hookers are behind him. The senator's wife, Wendy Vitter, also spoke at yesterday's press conference, saying she and her husband had worked through their marital problems and today "I am proud to be Wendy Vitter."

Source Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

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Sen. David Vitter, R-La., left listens as his wife Wendy Vitter speaks to the media during a press conference in Metairie, La., Monday, July 16, 2007. Vitter is making his first public appearance since...   (Associated Press)
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., left, and his wife Wendy Vitter leave a press conference in Metairie, La., Monday, July 16, 2007. Vitter is making his first public appearance since acknowledging that his telephone...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and his wife Wendy leave a news conference in Metairie, Monday, July 16, 2007. Vitter is making his first public appearance since acknowledging that his telephone number...   (Associated Press)
Jeanette Maier, former madam of a high priced New Orleans brothel poses for a photograph in Gretna, La., Tuesday, July 10, 2007. On Tuesday, Maier, a former madam, said Sen. David Vitter had been a customer...   (Associated Press)
Jeanette Maier, former madam of a high priced New Orleans brothel poses for a photograph in Gretna, La., Tuesday, July 10, 2007. On Tuesday, Maier, a former madam, said Sen. David Vitter had been a customer...   (Associated Press)
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., speaks in this 2005 file photo in New Orleans. Vitter apologized Monday night for "a very serious sin in my past" after his telephone number appeared among those associated with...   (Associated Press)
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