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: Nathaniel Clyne was pictured leaving a Liverpool hospital after undergoing a medical on Monday ahead of sealing a move from Southampton. The right back is set to secure a £12.5million transfer – £10.5m up front with a further £2m based on add-ons – to become Brendan Rodgers’s sixth signing already since the season ended. Liverpool have been searching for a right-back after allowing Glen Johnson to leave at the end of his contract and Jon Flanagan out long-term with a knee injury. Provided the medical is passed, as expected, Clyne will follow Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Adam Bogdan, Danny Ings and Joe Gomez to Merseyside.Nathaniel Clyne will become Liverpool's sixth signing of the summerSouthampton defender indicated he would be keen to move to AnfieldReds have agreed a deal which could rise to £12.5m for the England manBrendan Rodgers moved for Clyne after allowing Glen Johnson to leave 
 Question:They had an initial £10m bid for _ rejected and Southampton wanted £15m but, with only one year remaining on Clyne’s contract, the two clubs have agreed on a fee.

SOLUTION: Nathaniel Clyne

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) If Donald Trump's campaign aides like Paul Manafort were contacting Russian officials during the campaign, then the President had nothing to do with it, claims former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. "If anybody crossed a line and gave information to a foreign agent or foreign government or foreign intelligence official, whether that's Paul Manafort or it's Rick Gates or anybody else, I hope they're held accountable," Lewandowski told David Axelrod on "The Axe Files," a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. He later added: "Any staffer who contacted or potentially contacted a Russian agent or a Russian official has done so on their own accord and not at the direction of the campaign, the President or anybody else in the administration."Lewandowski attempted to shield the PresidentManafort has denied the alleged contact as "100% not true" 
 Question:Lewandowski and _ were considered part of two rival power centers in the campaign during the time they overlapped.

SOLUTION: Paul Manafort

PROBLEM: (CNN) US Defense Secretary James Mattis called Iran "the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world" in his first comments on the country Saturday, a day after the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions over an Iranian ballistic missile test. Iran and the United States have engaged in tit-for-tat exchanges since US President Donald Trump signed an executive order January 27 banning nationals temporarily from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States. Iran was among those countries. US District Judge James Robart temporarily stopped Trump's order Friday night, and the Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it has suspended all actions implementing the order.New defense chief says Iran's "misconduct and misbehavior" will have to be addressedIranian official dismisses remarks as "useless claims," state-run news agency says 
 Question:Iran fired a ballistic missile two days after _'s travel ban was announced and vowed to implement "reciprocal measures."

SOLUTION:
Trump