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I think everyone connected with the case has suffered enough, and there is no need to make it a public matter again.

This was a public matter, so Alisande had to be right.

"I'm sure I don't have to remind you to make no statements on this matter, public or private."

Four days later the independent counsel's investigation became a public matter.

"We continue to investigate the case because it is a public matter."

Are we really saying that his identity isn't a public matter?

America is a public matter, a country that "was made for you and me."

It was the last time they ever collaborated in a public matter.

"I do not understand how less information is better in deciding this public matter," he said.

The term can quite literally be translated as "public matter".