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A married Republican congressman from New York has resigned amid media reports he flirted online with a woman to whom he sent a shirtless photograph, BBC reports.

Chris Lee, 46, who has one son, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. In a statement on his website, he said he regretted harming his family, staff and constituents, adding "I deeply and sincerely apologize to them all."

Lee resigned his seat hours after news and gossip website Gawker.com posted e-mail correspondence it said had been sent between the congressman and a 34-year-old single woman he met on the classifieds site Craigslist.

In the e-mails, Lee -- who used his real name and e-mail address -- described himself inaccurately as a 39-year-old divorced lobbyist, Gawker said. He said he was a "fit fun classy guy," and sent a photograph of himself posing shirtless in dark slacks in front of a mirror, flexing a bicep. （点击BBC网站查看原文）

美议员邮件调情后辞职

       据英国广播公司报道，美国纽约州一位已婚的共和党众议员在媒体披露其在网上与女子调情并发送自己的半裸照片后宣布辞职。

       已育有一子的46岁克里斯·李于2008年首次当选国会众议院议员。在张贴于国会网站上的辞职声明中，李表示对自己的行为给家人、同事和选民们带来的伤害感到遗憾，并向他们表示深深地歉意。

       新闻八卦网站Gawker.com曝光了这名众议员同一名34岁的单身女子互发邮件的内容之后的几个小时后，李宣布辞职。他们是在分类信息网站Craigslist上认识的。

       李在电子邮件中使用了自己的真实姓名和地址，自称是一名说客，39岁，离异。他称自己是一个“很幽默、时髦的人”，并在邮件中贴上自己面对镜子仅穿深色宽松裤、赤膊上阵秀二头肌的照片。