In this task, you are given a sentence in the English language and your task is to convert it into the Japanese language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
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Question: The National Weather Service confirmed Saturday morning that it was a tornado that struck the city.

Answer: アメリカ国立気象局は土曜日朝、市を直撃したのが竜巻だったことを確認した。


Question: On Thursday's hearing on Iraq, Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delware), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the Bush Administration did not have the authority to send U.S. troops on cross-border raids.

Answer: 木曜日のイラクに関するヒアリングで、上院外交委員会の委員長であるジョセフ・バイデン上院議員（デラウェア州）は、コンドリーザ・ライス国務長官に対し、ブッシュ政権は米国の兵を国境を超えた襲撃に送る権限がないと言った。


Question: A small group of about 15 police officers awaited the arrival of the group.

Answer:
警官15人という小規模な警備が準備されていた。