Complete the passage: pick from possible candidates.

Five years to the day since his arrest in Cuba on espionage charges, Alan Gross' wife has declared that the former U.S. government subcontractor  is 'done for'. 'I am afraid that we are at the end. After five years of literally wasting away, Alan is done,' Judy Gross said in a statement, adding that her 65-year-old husband now appears gaunt, hobbling and missing five teeth. Cuba arrested the Washington D.C. resident on December 3, 2009, and later convicted him to 15 years in prison for importing banned technology and trying to establish clandestine internet service for Cuban Jews. Happier times: Alan Gross with his wife Judy before his arrest on December 3, 2009 - Cuba convicted him to 15 years in jail for importing banned technology and trying to set up clandestine web service for Cuban Jews

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OPTIONS:
- Alan' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Alan Gross' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Communist' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Cuba' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Cuban' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Cuban Jews' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Judy' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Judy Gross' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Obama' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- U.S.' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.
- Washington D.C.' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.


Alan' release 'would remove an impediment to more constructive relations' between the two countries.