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Summary US president Barack Obama has said that if he were Anthony Weiner, he would have resigned.
Pointing towards the Internet scandal of Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner, Obama said in an interview that he would step down if he were caught in similar circumstances.Obama called Weiner’s Internet sex scandal a distraction from the work that Washington needs to get done. After having denied doing so, Weiner admitted sending sexually explicit photographs of himself to several women followers on Twitter, both before and since his marriage to a Pakistani origin woman.Pressure is being mounted on Weiner to resign within the Democratic Party. The congressman said through an aide that rather than immediately stepping down, he would seek a leave of absence from the House to get treatment at an undisclosed facility.
