TASK DEFINITION: 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].
PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump, in a conversation with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, labeled New Hampshire "a drug-infested den," according to a transcript of Trump's January 27 call that was published by The Washington Post on Thursday. The comment was quickly decried by Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Granite State, including the state's Republican governor who endorsed Trump during the 2016 campaign. During the call, according to the Post, Trump lashed out at Peña Nieto for the quantity of illegal drugs that come into the United States from Mexico. "We have a massive drug problem where kids are becoming addicted to drugs because the drugs are being sold for less money than candy," Trump said.Trump lashed out at Peña Nieto for the quantity of illegal drugs that come into the US from MexicoHe later bragged that he won the Granite State because of the opioid epidemic 
 Question:The issue was so critical to _ that he headlined an event in New Hampshire focused strictly on opioids days before the 2016 election.

SOLUTION: Donald Trump

PROBLEM: President Barack Obama gave Pope Francis a box of seeds as a gift, a fitting token as their first-ever meeting provided a fresh start of sorts between the administration and Catholic leadership after years of strained relations. "These, I think, are carrots," Obama told the Pontiff, showing him a pouch from the box, which was made from timber from the first cathedral to open in the United States, in Baltimore. The Pope gave the President two medallions -- one symbolizing the need for peace and solidarity between the two hemispheres -- and a copy of "Evangelii Gaudium," or "The Joy of the Gospel." The book was penned by the Pope and calls for a new era of evangelization and a renewed focus on the poor.The meeting is called a step toward smoothing tensions with CatholicsAbortion and Obamacare mandates on contraception are areas of disagreementOne place for common ground: the plight of immigrants and the poorPope Francis' popularity could give President Obama a small bump in the polls 
 Question:"One of the things that would delight _ is if some of that popularity would rub off.

SOLUTION: Barack Obama

PROBLEM: New York (CNN) New York lawmakers are responding to what they call an "unacceptable" photo posted by a National Rifle Association publication. The image, published in an editorial in America's 1st Freedom, shows photos of New York state Sen. Roxanne Persaud and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon with four bullets beside them. The editorial focuses on a proposal by the New York lawmakers, both Democrats, to limit the sale of ammunition to gun owners. Persaud called the image "outrageous" and said it contains "subliminal messages of violence." "If the NRA is so interested in our process, they should reach out to us," Persaud told CNN.Photo in NRA publication shows two New York lawmakers with bullets beside themRoxanne Persaud and Jo Anne Simon have proposed legislation to limit how much ammo can be bought in 90-day periodNRA has not responded to CNN's request for comment on the photo 
 Question:"We have an issue of rising gun violence and stockpiling ammunition, so that's my focus right now -- not the national agenda of the _."

SOLUTION:
National Rifle Association

