AP: Chronology of Events in Foley Case

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Important dates involving the messages that ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., reportedly sent to then-current or former House pages.

-2003: Foley, a Florida Republican, reportedly writes sexually explicit instant messages to a male House page.

-May 2003: Foley faces questions about his sexual orientation as he prepares to run for a Senate seat in Florida. He later drops out of the race.

-Before January 2004: Foley's chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, has conversations with senior aides in House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office "asking them to intervene" to address Foley's inappropriate behavior toward pages, according to Fordham.

-January 2004: Fordham leaves Foley's office.

-Fall 2005: A former page contacts the office of his sponsor, Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., about e-mails he had received from Foley that asked about the boy's age, then 16, and his birthday. Foley in one e-mail also requested a photo of the page.

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