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].

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(CNN) Fifteen years ago today, on September 11, 2001, members of the Air National Guard leapt into action -- scrambling F-16s, putting their lives at risk, and serving as the vanguard between our country and its enemies. This should come as no surprise. The first American militia, founded in 1636, consistently lives up to the motto "Always Ready, Always There." And while most Americans are aware of the National Guard's valiant contributions on domestic missions -- its effective and rapid response to hurricanes, wildfires and floods -- perhaps the most significant contribution the Guard makes is on the battlefield. Indeed, the National Guard provides a critical link between local communities and American national security.Wendy Anderson: National Guard is more than simply a critical component of our nation's fighting forceIt is also the connective tissue bridging the civil-military divide, she says 
 Question:At 42.6% of the total selected reserve, the Army National Guard represents both the largest segment of the nation's "citizen soldiers," but also a diverse cross section of the _ who serve, and whose families serve alongside them.

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American


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Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) The father of one of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls abducted from Chibok two years ago has told CNN he is overjoyed to see her alive on a new video released by the terrorist group Sunday. Yakubu Kabu confirmed to CNN that he saw his daughter speaking in the new video, which demands the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the kidnapped girls. The Nigerian government has said it is still "in touch" with Boko Haram and "working for the girls' release," the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture said on their official Facebook page. "We are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram," said Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information of Culture, according to the statement.A Boko Haram militant tells Nigeria to release jailed fighters in exchange for abducted girlsThe man says at least 40 of the girls have been married off 
 Question:Read more: _ victim -- "I cried for someone to help".

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Boko Haram


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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have been together for nearly a decade and have regularly been accused of splitting. In May fresh reports from both Life & Style and InTouch Weekly insisted the 33-year-old fashion designer and the 36-year-old rocker were close to calling divorce lawyers. But on Tuesday her father Lionel Richie slammed the talk. 'It's completely untrue,' the 65-year-old All Night Long hit maker told Hello! magazine. The weeklies argued that Nicole and Joel - who have daughter Harlow, aged seven, and son Sparrow, aged five - have 'been leading separate lives for months' and often vacation apart.Two weekly magazines accused the couple in May of being close to a splitLionel, 65, said he talked to Nicole recently and she insisted all was fineNicole, 33, and Joel, 36, have been together for almost a decade 
 Question:'_ is never around,' a source told Life & Style.

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Joel Madden


