In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:As Benke offered no apology publicly or privately , on July 6 , 2002 Schulz suspended him . Sentence 2:However , on April 10 , 2003 the President of the Synod , Gerald B. Kieschnick , reinstated Benke .
however