Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the article expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Steve Bannon ? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has struck a deal to be interviewed by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs team rather than appearing before a grand jury  CNN reported on Wednesday  citing sources close to  Bannon .
 Bannon  had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Muellerâs probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and any ties with President Donald Trumpâs campaign  according to a person familiar with the matter.
A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment on the CNN report. A lawyer who represented  Bannon  in an appearance before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Tuesday could not be immediately reached.
An interview with prosecutors would allow  Bannon  to have an attorney present during  his  appearance  as lawyers are not permitted in grand jury rooms.
 Bannon  was a close adviser during Trumpâs campaign and in  his  first months in office  but  he  was fired from  his  White House job in August as the president sought to bring more order to his staff operations.
Earlier this month  Trump attacked  Bannon  for comments  he  made to Michael Wolff  the author of a book highly critical of the president and his family. They included scathing remarks about Donald Trump Jr.  the presidentâs eldest son  for meeting during the campaign with a Russian lawyer who was said to have damaging information on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
 Mueller  is investigating allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign to try to tip the vote in Trumpâs favor  as well as any potential collusion by Trumpâs campaign with Moscow.
According to a person familiar with the arrangement  the attorney who represented  Bannon  for Tuesdayâs House appearance  William Burck  is not representing him in connection with Muellerâs investigation. The person did not believe  Bannon  had hired a counsel for that yet.

A: Neutral
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Myeshia Johnson Trump ? According to Roll Call  the White House sent an email with the subject line  "Condolence Letters Since 20 January 2017" to the Defense secretary's office on the evening of the day  Trump  said  he  had reached out to all the families of soldiers who had been killed.
 Trump 's contact with Gold Star families came under fire this week  after The Associated Press reached out to 43 families and got responses from 20  nine of whom said they had heard from  Trump  and nine of whom said they had not  despite his remark that he had called the families of "virtually everybody" who had died in the line of duty.
Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida  who was present during the phone call  told the Miami ABC affiliate WPLG on Tuesday that  Trump  had told Myeshia Johnson her husband "knew what he signed up for  but when it happens  it hurts anyway."
Wilson said she was riding in the car with Johnson — who was on her way to the airport to receive her husband's body — when  Trump  called. She then told MSNBC on Wednesday morning that the soldier's widow was "crying the whole time" and that when she hung up the phone  she looked at Wilson and said  "He didn't even remember his name."
Though  Trump  blasted Wilson's account as "totally fabricated " the soldier's mother confirmed to The Washington Post that the congresswoman's account was accurate  adding that  Trump  had "disrespected" her family.
As the controversy continued to unfold  Gold Star families came out en masse to dispute the president's claims. That included Chris Baldridge  whose son  Army Sgt. Dillon Baldridge  died in Afghanistan in June. Baldridge told The Post that  Trump  had offered  him  a $25 000 check  but did not follow through.
"I could not believe  he  was saying that    and I wish I had  it  recorded because  the man  did say this " Baldridge said. " He  said  'No other president has ever done something like this ' but  he  said  'I'm going to do it.'"

A: Positive
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mike Pence ? 2018 Winter Olympics: Mike Pence tweets '#FAKENEWS' on report about skater Adam Rippon
At about the same time as Pence took to Twitter  a White House official was explaining to reporters traveling with the vice president to South Korea that  Pence 's team did contact the U.S. Olympic Committee. But the vice president's office was offering— not requesting — a meeting with Rippon and wanted to give the skater as much space as possible. The official declined to be identified.
Columnist Christine Brennan reported on Wednesday that  Pence  had become so concerned about criticism he faced from Rippon  an openly gay athlete  that his staff reached out to the USOC to set up a conversation between the two.
Headed to the Olympics to cheer on #TeamUSA. One reporter trying to distort 18 yr old nonstory to sow seeds of division. We won’t let that happen! #FAKENEWS. Our athletes are the best in the world and we are for ALL of them! #TEAMUSA — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8  2018
.@Adaripp I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Don’t let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold. Go get ‘em! — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8  2018
“ You mean Mike Pence  the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy ? I’m not buying  it  ” Rippon responded.
Around the same time that  Pence  sent out his two tweets over the reports about his spat with Rippon  a White House official confirmed that the vice president's chief of staff Nick Ayers called U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun after Rippon had initially criticized  Pence  last month.
Rippon’s criticism of  Pence  was over language on a campaign website that some LGBT activists say shows that as a congressman the vice president had supported gay conversion therapy.
Ayers told Blackmun that the criticism of  Pence  was untrue and that he never supported gay conversion therapy  the White House official told reporters. When the issue surfaced during the 2016 presidential campaign   Pence 's then press secretary  Marc Lotter  also denied that  Pence  supported the policy.
Ayers offered to have someone from the vice president's team explain to Rippon the confusion over  Pence 's stance. Ayers also said that  Pence  would meet with Rippon or speak with him over the phone if he preferred  the White House official said.

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Positive
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