NEW YORK – Embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner told a small gathering of veterans and reporters this morning that it was time to “move past” all the photos of his exposed penis he was taking beneath a podium while simultaneously addressing the crowd.

Just prior to delivering remarks from the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum concerning his ideas on how to best support the city’s returning war veterans, Weiner was bombarded with reporters’ questions as to why he kept staring down toward his crotch while angling his iPhone in the same direction.

“I said that other photos were likely to come out. And today, at this very moment, they are,” Weiner said from behind a wooden podium, which helped to mask the fact that the former U.S. representative was nude from the waist down.

“I have said in the past that these things that I did — and am currently now doing — are wrong and hurtful to my wife and my constituents, and I am truly sorry,” Weiner continued.