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: (CNN) -- A timid judge is a lawless judge. U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman, it would seem, is not a timid judge. In deciding to lift the Department of the Interior's six-month moratorium on deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Feldman certainly looks like a decisive jurist. His criticisms of the department's ban were forceful. But Feldman was remarkably selective in his criticism. He was willing to scrutinize the government harshly, but not the oil industry. His opinion made important points about the department's mistakes. He noted that the moratorium affects drilling in water deeper than 500 feet, even though a scientific panel that the department commissioned expressed concern with wells in water deeper than 1,000 feet.Jeffrey Rachlinski says judge is willing to scrutinize terms of ban, but not oil industry so muchJudge says BP spill doesn't presage others; but companies still lack sound disaster plansOil companies' suit shows they'd like to keep drilling as though nothing has happened, he saysRachlinski: Ban would force oil companies to come up with plan to prevent future disasters 
 Question:Deepwater drilling is and will remain a valuable part of _'s energy supply.
Example Output: U.S.

Example Input: (CNN) The cavalry is coming! Not exactly, but the sentiment of reassurance is the same. This week, US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives in Asia to visit South Korea and Japan. Two stalwart US allies, policymakers in both capitals have nevertheless been shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigning for President. None of these was more dramatic than the suggestion that these allies should pay more for US troops or risk having these forces withdrawn. Statements like this played to the worst fears in Seoul and Tokyo that the United States might no longer be a committed ally. It is now Mattis' job to reassure them of US commitments and return the trajectory of alliance relations back to pre-2016 presidential campaign rhetoric.Jeffrey Hornung: Japan, South Korea were shaken by statements Donald Trump made while campaigningWashington's alliances with Seoul and Tokyo will be critical in managing challenges posed by China and North Korea, he says 
 Question:Given the severity of the _ threat, it is crucial they hammer out any possible differences that may have arisen since Trump became president.
Example Output: North Korea

Example Input: (CNN) -- People don't generally care what politicians read. But Rep. Paul Ryan is different. His fascination with the Russian-born novelist Ayn Rand could spell trouble for the GOP's new vice-presidential candidate. It could put him at odds with the Christian right and the Roman Catholic Church. It all depends how much you believe that he is in the thrall of Ayn Rand. Rand (1905-1982) is controversial because of the extremism of her views. In researching my recent book, I found that Rand's influence on the Republican Party, which dates back as far as her endorsement of Wendell Willkie in 1940, has been sharply growing, largely due to her vise-like hold on the imagination of the tea party and people like Ryan.Ayn Rand was a Russian-born novelist whose work celebrated selfishness, says Gary WeissIn April, Paul Ryan called reports of his adherence to Rand's views an "urban legend"But in 2005 Ryan said she was "the reason I got involved in public service," says WeissWeiss: That could put Ryan at odds with the Christian right and the Roman Catholic Church 
 Question:_ painted the world in stark terms, as a struggle between the individual and the collective.
Example Output:
Ayn Rand