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In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .
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(CNN) Ret. Vice Adm. Bob Harward turned down President Donald Trump's offer to be national security adviser Thursday, depriving the administration of a top candidate for a critical foreign policy post days after Trump fired Michael Flynn. Trump has since named Ret. Lt. Gen. Joseph Keith Kellogg, who worked under Flynn until the latter was asked to resign, as the acting national security adviser. Asked if there was a candidate for national security adviser in sight, a White House official told CNN, "Not that I'm aware of." "Since retiring, I have the opportunity to address financial and family issues that would have been challenging in this position," Harward said in a statement. "Like all service members understand, and live, this job requires 24 hours a day, 7 days a week focus and commitment to do it right. I currently could not make that commitment. My thoughts and prayers are with those that carry such heavy burdens and responsibility for taking care of our country's national security concerns. God bless this great country of ours."A friend of Harward's said he was reluctant to take the job because the White House seems so chaoticEarlier this week, Trump fired Michael Flynn as national security adviser
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_ called the offer a "s*** sandwich," the friend said.


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Subsituted at half-time on his West Brom debut on Monday night, James McClean should be more concerned about convincing The Hawthorns faithful than the provocative comments of Sky Sports broadcaster Alan Parry. Even so, Parry’s remarks about McClean’s roots left a whiff of jingoism drifting over the Black Country after the game. Shortly before he was taken off, with West Brom 2-0 down to Manchester City, Parry referred to the 26-year-old left winger as ‘the Northern Ireland man from Londonderry’. It looked pointed as no other player, on either side, had their country and city of birth name-checked by Parry in the same way.West Brom midfielder James McClean brought off at half-time on debutThe Baggies were two goals down before going on to lose 3-0 in openerSky Sports commentator Alan Parry accused of provocative comments about McClean, referring to him as 'the Northern Ireland man'McClean involved in a series of past controversies including refusing to wear Remembrance poppy and facing away from British flag
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There is a suspicion, no more, that McClean may be targeted for holding staunch anti-_ views.


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(CNN) The U.S. Navy on Tuesday sent a guided missile destroyer within 12 miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea where China has built an airstrip -- prompting China to scramble fighter jets and dispatch warships to "expel" the American ship. "USS William P. Lawrence exercised the right of innocent passage while transiting inside 12 nautical miles of Fiery Cross Reef, a high-tide feature that is occupied by China, but also claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam," a Pentagon statement said. "This operation challenged attempts by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam to restrict navigation rights around the features they claim ... contrary to international law," the statement continued.U.S. warship was exercising right of "innocent passage," the Pentagon saysThree Chinese planes and three Chinese ships were dispatched to the areaChina says the U.S. move justifies Beijing building military facilities on disputed islands
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It isn't all tension between the _ and Chinese militaries, however.