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].

Example Input: Washington (CNN) Sen. Marco Rubio, a longtime hawk on Syria, praised the US airstrike on a Syrian airfield days after a chemical attack on innocents attributed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Following news that President Donald Trump had green-lit the US action, Rubio said Thursday on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" that Russia could not fairly criticize the military strike because Russia backed Assad -- who is accused of perpetrating the attack on his own people. "They have no standing to say anything about this," Rubio said of the Russians. He said that the move doesn't just send a message, but amounts to a "significant degrading" of Assad's ability to carry out chemical attacks.Rubio said Russians had put themselves into harm's wayHe said the strikes indicated a firm US stance against Assad's reign 
 Question:"I'll let them speak for their policy, but tonight's actions show that the days of being able to act with impunity are over when it comes to _-Assad," Rubio said.
Example Output: Bashar al

Example Input: Tarboro, North Carolina (CNN) The weather is picture-perfect nearly a week after Hurricane Matthew unleashed winds and torrential rain on North Carolina's eastern flatlands -- but Princeville still is under water. "This is a disaster area. It's not going to recover in 24 hours, and it's still going on as we speak, not only in Princeville but 150 miles from here," Gov. Pat McCrory said. "People are playing golf 20 miles from here, and yet we have a whole town under water." The aftermath of Matthew's deluge has caused normally tranquil rivers to swell to record levels. Princeville, a town settled by freed slaves in the late 1800s, is among the most severely hit.Floodwaters persist days after Hurricane Matthew hit North CarolinaCommunities such as Princeville struggle to cope with storm's aftermath 
 Question:It isn't the first time _ has experienced disastrous flooding.
Example Output: Princeville

Example Input: Standing between Andy Murray and his first grass court final since Wimbledon on Saturday is Viktor Troicki, and there will not be too much love lost. The Serbian was banned for refusing a drugs test in 2013 after losing a match in Monte Carlo, something which led Murray, who has been outspoken on the whole subject, to publicly label him ‘unprofessional’. Now they will meet in the semi-finals of the Aegon Championships after Murray, supported courtside at Queen’s Club by Jose Mourinho, saw off the big-serving challenge of Luxembourg left-hander Gilles Muller 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. Scroll down to video SINGLES SEMI-FINALSGilles Muller shocked Andy Murray by winning the first set 6-3Murray fought back to secure a place in Saturday's semi-finalsThe Scot will face Serbian Viktor Troicki, who beat John IsnerChelsea boss Jose Mourinho was in attendance at the Queen's Club 
 Question:_ has always protested his innocence after being banned for 18 months and cited a paranoia about needles, his punishment later truncated to a year.
Example Output:
Viktor Troicki