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Article: Burton admits having son as result of affair Married GOP lawmaker had said Clinton wasn't `a man of integrity'
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 5, 1998
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Rep. Dan Burton admitted Friday that he had an extramarital
relationship in the early 1980s and fathered a child, The
Indianapolis Star reported. The Indiana Republican, in the wake
of reports that he had had such an affair, told the newspaper he
wanted to go public, take the full criticism and deflect attention
from the woman, their teenage son and her family members.
"I have apologized to my wife and family, whom I love. I
apologize to my constituents. We live in a society that rightfully
depends upon people taking responsibility for their actions. I have
done so in this matter," Burton said in a statement released Friday.
Burton, chairman of the House Government Reform and ...