In fact, it's a false surface that covers the truth of the marriage.

事实上，这是掩盖了婚姻本质的一个虚假表象。

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And when this information, or reports, whether true or false, surface on the front page of newspapers, that makes the job of folks on the front lines tougher and it makes my job tougher -- which is why since I've been in office, my attitude has been zero tolerance for these kinds of leaks and speculation.

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