In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:Together they unravel a plot to target an army general with a genetically - engineered virus . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Brian tries to learn more about Senator Eddie Morra , and draws a blank .
meanwhile

Sentence 1:If elected , he would have served alongside Alaska 's current junior senator , Dan Sullivan ( no relation ) . Sentence 2:However , Sullivan dropped out of the race two weeks later on June 16 , 2016 .
however

Sentence 1:Since Guignes ' time , considerable scholarly effort has been devoted to investigating such a connection . Sentence 2:However , there is no scholarly consensus on a direct connection between the dominant element of the Xiongnu and that of the Huns .

however