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Question: Premier had announced he was quitting during trip to  Riyadh
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri  suspended  his  resignation after the country’s president called for talks on how and why  he  ended up in Saudi Arabia this month and quit suddenly.
 Hariri  said  he  accepted a request from President Michel Aoun to delay his departure  temporarily defusing a crisis that’s drawn in regional and global powers and rattled investors. The premier  who had said  he  feared for  his  life in Lebanon  has denied  he  was pressured by the Saudis to step down.  He  returned to Beirut late on Tuesday.
 Saad Hariri  in Beirut on Nov. 22. Photographer: Marwan Tahtah/AFP via Getty Images
Lebanese bonds rallied after  Hariri ’s speech  with yields on the nation’s Eurobonds due in October 2022 plummeting 42 basis points to 7.18 percent  according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
 Hariri   a long-time ally of Saudi Arabia  announced he was quitting on an unexpected trip to Riyadh on Nov. 4  accusing Iran and the Hezbollah militant group it backs of destabilizing his country and threatening his safety. He returned after a near-three-week absence that raised concern Lebanon would again be caught in a showdown between the Middle East’s two chief rivals for influence.
 Hariri  supporters gathered at  his  home in downtown Beirut in a show of loyalty to the prime minister. They waved blue flags  the color of his Future Movement  and raised placards that said: “We’re all with you” and “You are our Lebanon.” The crowd chanted “Saad  Saad” when he appeared at a window.
“This is an unforgettable moment ”  Hariri  told them. “We are staying together to be the first line of defense for Lebanon.”  He  then went down to walk among  his  supporters  shake hands and take selfies.
Earlier on Wednesday   Hariri  joined Aoun and other top leaders to mark Lebanon’s 74th Independence Day.

Answer: Saad Hariri


Question: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled Thursday that sales of the central bank's holdings in mortgage-backed securities may play a more prominent role in the withdrawal of monetary stimulus than he indicated last month.
 "I anticipate that at some point we will in fact have a gradual sales process " Bernanke said Thursday in testimony to the House Financial Services Committee. In prepared remarks  he avoided repeating a February statement that the Fed won't sell any securities "at least until after policy tightening has gotten under way." Instead  he said Thursday the tool is one way of "applying monetary restraint."
 "We would like to get back to an all-Treasury portfolio within a reasonable amount of time " Bernanke said in response to a question from Rep. Jeb Hensarling  R-Texas. The balance sheet should eventually be reduced to less than $1 trillion  Bernanke told Rep. Ron Paul  R-Texas  who advocates abolishing the Fed.
 Raising the interest rate paid on funds deposited by banks at the Fed  as well as so-called reverse repurchase agreements that temporarily drain cash from the banking system  will still be among the main tools for tightening credit  Bernanke said.
 "The FOMC is not comfortable with holding all of these securities until they mature  as some would be 30 years  and we want to move more quickly than that back to the pre-crisis balance sheet " Bernanke said. The Fed wouldn't sell assets in a "really weak economy " he said.
 At the same time  Bernanke didn't say when the Fed would begin executing its strategy. He said the U.S. economy still needs low interest rates and that the central bank will be ready to tighten credit "at the appropriate time."
 "The economy continues to require the support of accommodative monetary policies " Bernanke said in prepared testimony  repeating parts of a statement to the panel from last month.
 Thursday's hearing  originally scheduled for Feb. 10  was postponed because of a snowstorm. The Fed went ahead and released Bernanke's prepared testimony that day  in part to lay the groundwork for a planned increase in the interest rate the central bank charges for direct loans to banks.
 Responding to questions  Bernanke said the "unemployment situation is very weak " and the housing market is "still quite weak."

Answer: Ben Bernanke


Question: A self-portrait of 43rd President George W. Bush . 
-LRB- Provided by George W. Bush Presidential Center -RRB- . 
As part of the 9th annual Freedom Conference & Festival , a conservative confab taking place in Steamboat Springs next month , the paintings of 43rd President George W. Bush will be on display for attendees at the Steamboat Grand Hotel . 
"This is the first time the -LRB- Bush -RRB- exhibit has been shown in Colorado , giving state residents a unique opportunity to view this popular collection ," wrote Jackson Shedelbower , of the Steamboat Institute , in an email . 
The one-day exhibition on Friday , Aug. 25 , organized by the Steamboat Institute , marks the Colorado debut of Bush 's work from "The Art of Leadership : A President 's Personal Diplomacy" exhibition , which features paintings of world leaders Bush met during his tenure in the White House including Vladimir Putin , Angela Merkel , Hamid Karzai , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tony Blair . 
Although some balked at the idea of Bush as a fine artist when he took up painting in his post-presidential retirement , the 71-year-old has stuck to his guns and humbly worked to improve his art . 
"Portraits of Courage : A Commander in Chief 's Tribute to America 's Warriors ," a book of Bush 's paintings of wounded U.S. military veterans that was published in February , netted surprisingly favorable reviews from critics and topped The Washington Post 's best-selling books list earlier this year . 
"-LRB- Bush -RRB- was really putting himself out there and taking a personal risk with these paintings , not knowing what people would think of them ," said Jennifer Schubert-Akin , CEO of the free-market , nonprofit Steamboat Institute . 
Bush will personalize a copy of the book that is being auctioned on the Steamboat Institute 's fundraiser as part of its $ 75-per-person Red , White & Blue Bash fundraiser on July 20 , Schubert-Akin said , with bidding starting at $ 300 . 
A portrait of 41st President George Bush by his son , 43rd President George W. Bush . 
-LRB- Provided by the George W. Bush Presidential Center -RRB- .

Answer:
George W Bush