In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[EX Q]: (CNN) The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has told CNN that removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power is a priority, cementing an extraordinary U-turn in the Trump administration's stance on the embattled leader. Two days after the US launched military strikes on a Syrian airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack widely blamed on the Assad regime, Haley said Assad's departure was inevitable. But before Tuesday's chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, which killed 89 people, Haley had said toppling Assad was not a priority. President Donald Trump, before his election, described fighting ISIS and seeking Assad's removal at the same time as "idiocy."Haley says Assad hinders political solution for SyriaShe warns US could carry out more strikes on regime 
 Question:Secondly, we don't see a peaceful _ with Assad in there.
[EX A]: Syrian

[EX Q]: Pakistan has shut down Save the Children's headquarters in Islamabad and given aid agency 15 days to leave the country after accusing it of spying. Police locked the gate of the charity's office in the capital last night, demanded employees leave and put up a notice saying the building was sealed. Acting on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior, officials added that the government wanted all foreign nationals working with the charity to leave Pakistan within 15 days. It was not immediately clear how many foreigners were currently working with Save the Children in Pakistan. The charity, which has been in Pakistan for over 35 years, has had run-ins with the government since 2011, when it was linked to Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor recruited by the CIA to help in the hunt that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.Police arrived at charity headquarters last night and told all staff to leaveOfficers then locked the gate of the office and sealed off the premisesAllegedly acting on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior, the officials then told foreign workers they must all leave the country within 15 daysSave the Children has been add odds with Pakistani politicians since 2011Charity was said to have been linked to a Pakistani doctor recruited by the CIA in the hunt to find Osama bin Laden, who was killed in Abbottabad 
 Question:An official at the charity said several staff members had been denied visas since 2012, and aid supplies had been blocked by _ authorities.
[EX A]: Pakistan

[EX Q]: (CNN) President Donald Trump is not putting to rest this weekend's uproar over professional football players' protests during the national anthem, declaring early Monday that a rival sports franchise was more suitably patriotic. "So proud of NASCAR and its supporters and fans," Trump wrote on Twitter at 7:25 a.m. ET. "They won't put up with disrespecting our Country or our Flag - they said it loud and clear!" He went on to write eight minutes later: "Many people booed the players who kneeled yesterday (which was a small percentage of total). These are fans who demand respect for our Flag!" He later tweeted "#StandForOurAnthem" and retweeted a user who cited for NFL player Pat Tillman, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 while serving with the Army Rangers.Trump repeated calls over the weekend to fire players who kneel during the national anthemHis remarks struck many as stoking racial resentments 
 Question:Even as other leagues -- like those for golf and tennis -- have seen black athletes rise to stardom, _ has remained dominated by white drivers.
[EX A]:
NASCAR

