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Surviving A Sex Scandal
How can a politician ensure his political survival after admitting to an extra-marital affair? A few lessons from the United States.
Sex and politics have never been far apart, in the United States, as anywhere else. But once a politician has been caught in an extra-marital affair, how should he react? How can he ensure his political career survives? Lucy Williamson has been examining the most recent case - that of the governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford - to find out what lessons can be learned. But she starts with an even more notorious affair.
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