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In his statement to The Times and in a separate interview with the Associated Press, Mr. Sanford was not more specific about his relationships with other women.

But people familiar with one such encounter said the governor had a brief romance with an American businesswoman in June 1995 while he was traveling in Latin America on a congressional trade mission trip.

The sources, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information, said the then-freshman congressmen met a woman during a dinner hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile, and later arranged a private, romantic encounter with her while in Chile. The woman was led to believe that Mr. Sanford was unmarried, and when she found out later that he had a wife, she had no further contact with him, the sources said.

Congressional records show that as a congressman in 1995, Mr. Sanford traveled to Argentina, Brazil and Chile from May 30 to June 5 on a trade mission sponsored by the House International Relations Committee. The trip was led by then-committee chairman Rep. Jim Kolbe, Arizona Republican.

Mr. Sanford specifically was in Chile from June 3 to 5, according to House records, when Mr. Kolbe announced the status of Chile joining the North American Free Trade Agreement fast track at a news conference in Santiago.

Mr. Kolbe confirmed that the trade mission attended a party at the U.S. Embassy when it was in Santiago, but did not recall whether Mr. Sanford had gone on the trip.

Other members who went on the trade mission included lawmakers Thomas Cass Ballenger, Henry Bonilla, Michael N. Castle, Jennifer Dunn, James Greenwood, Matt Salmon, Eliot L. Engel, John Tanner, Michael Boyd, Martha Morrison, Meredith Broadbent and Roger Noriega, the records show.

Records show that Mr. Sanford did not take his wife on the trade mission, although other members of the committee did - each paying separately for their expenses.

During the 1994 campaign, when he was first elected to Congress, Mr. Sanford had promised to eliminate perks such as overseas "fact-finding missions." But the freshman congressman said he had to go on this particular trip because he was a member of the committee, although he "knew it's not the right thing ever to go on any trip."

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vanillaslave wrote:

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He'll leave office for her.

It really is a lovely love story when you see it on Lifetime.

Personally I want him to say fuck everything and run off to be with her.

Except that whole kids thing. That is really the only thing that makes it assholey.

It's clear he love the SA chick enough to fuck up everything. We only live once. Go, Mark, be with your soulmate.

be happy, and let the fag be governor.

It's bound to be the happy ending for SC. And why would Jenny want him at this point?

So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life

Sanford backs out of vow to release records to AP

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COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed out of a promise to release personal financial records to the media proving he did not use state money for trips to see his mistress.

A day after Sanford declared in an emotional Associated Press interview that his mistress is his soul mate, spokesman Joel Sawyer says the governor does not want to discuss personal matters in the media anymore. Sanford is providing the records to law enforcement as part of an investigation of his travel to see the Argentine woman.

Sanford agreed this week to provide the AP with proof of his payment for trips to New York and Argentina to see her.

His staff first said the records might be made available Tuesday, and then the governor's spokesman said Wednesday Sanford would not release them.