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Larry Edwin Craig is a retired American politician from the state of Idaho. He served 18 years as a Republican in the United States Senate , preceded by 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Idaho's 1st District . His 28 years in Congress rank as the second-longest in Idaho history, trailing only William Borah, who served over 32 years in the Senate. In addition to serving in Congress, Craig has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association since 1983. Craig was selected for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2007.On August 27, 2007, the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call revealed that Craig had been arrested for lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on June 11, 2007, and entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct on August 8, 2007. Despite stating that he was not and never had been homosexual, Craig announced his intention to resign from the Senate at a news conference on September 1, 2007, but later decided to finish the remainder of his term.

Craig was not a candidate for re-election in 2008. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor and former Governor Jim Risch, who won the seat in the November 2008 election. Craig subsequently co-founded the consulting firm New West Strategies and became a lobbyist.

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“The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy, a naughty boy. I'm going to speak out for the citizens of my state who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy.”

Larry Craig

about President Clinton, Meet the Press, January 24, 1999 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Vs5570pKw

“I am not gay. I never have been gay.”

Larry Craig

Prepared statement August 28, 2007, on the subject of his alleged homosexuality and guilty plea of lewd sexual behavior on June 11 in a men's room in Minneapolis airport known as a gay hookup spot; MSNBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA1KHd5YTIs

“Matt, you won't believe this but I don't use the Internet. I don't have a computer at my desk. I have never used the Internet. It's just not what I do. I email with my Blackberry. No, I did not know that and I had no reason to know that.”

Larry Craig

answering whether he'd learned from the Internet that a men's room in Minn. airport is a hot spot for anonymous gay sex, in interview with Matt Louer; October 16, 2007; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21361806/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwx8sV1LV1A
FACT CHECK: Email constitutes use of the Internet; he has served on the Congressional Internet Caucus; he has advised in a recent op-ed to 'do a Google search on "mission creep"'; he has been a co-sponsor of a national Internet safety bill; he has received a 2007 Internet Keep Safe Award http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21361806/

“Thank you all very much for coming out today.”

Larry Craig

Beginning of a prepared statement August 28, 2007, on the subject of his alleged homosexuality and guilty plea of lewd sexual behavior on June 11 in a men's room in Minneapolis airport known as a gay hookup spot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA1KHd5YTIs

“The American family will fear less, our national security will be more assured, and we won‘t let the Venezuelas or Nigerias or the Saudi Arabias or the Irans jerk us around by the gas nozzle the way they are doing it now.”

Larry Craig

July 18, 2008 YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vqANJCATrE

“On social issues, and this is where you get the charges of hypocrisy, Craig has pledged his opposition to gay marriage and civil unions, he voted against allowing gays and lesbians in the military, he voted against abortion rights, and he voted guilty in the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton.”

Larry Craig

NBC News correspondent David Shuster, August 28, 2007, MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20496462/

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