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 _ .

Washington (CNN) Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry told CNN Thursday he will support Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee and will do everything he can do to help him get elected. Perry, speaking by phone from his hometown of Roundtop, Texas, acknowledged Trump is not his ideal choice. When Perry was a candidate for president earlier in the 2016 cycle, he was the first to come out and criticize Trump and question his conservative credentials, calling his candidacy a "cancer on conservatism." "He is not a perfect man. But what I do believe is that he loves this country and he will surround himself with capable, experienced people and he will listen to them," Perry said Thursday.Perry acknowledged Trump is not his ideal choicePerry said he would consider being Trump's running mate
"He is one of the most talented people who has ever run for the president I have ever seen," he added, saying _ knows how to market and brand like no one he has ever seen.

(CNN) Republicans are finally on the verge of enacting a signature legislative achievement. It's something that seemed up in the air less than 24 hours before the vote, unlikely just a few months ago and completely unfathomable despite bold claims to the contrary midway through President Donald Trump's first year in office. Yet the Republican-controlled US Senate, by a vote of 51-49, early Saturday morning passed a historic overhaul of the US tax code, clearing what has long been considered the largest and most byzantine hurdle in an effort that hasn't been completed in more than 31 years. "We have an opportunity now to make America more competitive, and to keep jobs from being shipped offshore and provide substantial relief to the middle class," McConnell told reporters after the vote. "At the end, there was not a single Democrat who thought this was a good idea, and so we're going to take this message to the American people a year from now."Despite the hurdles facing the Senate tax plan, only one Republican voted against itSens. Rob Portman, Orrin Hatch, Tim Scott and Pat Toomey lobbied hard for the bill
"We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reclaim _'s great destiny," the statement read, adding that the administration looked forward to enacting the legislation by year's end.

(CNN) Donald Trump continued his calls Wednesday for NATO countries to contribute more to the alliance, and CNN's Reality Check Team looked into his claim. Speaking in Doral, Florida, Trump said, "I think NATO's great. But it's got to be modernized. And countries that we're protecting have to pay what they're supposed to be paying." It's a position that Trump has stated several times before, saying he believes that the US is getting "ripped off" and that some NATO members are getting an unfair "free ride." CNNMoney reported on NATO payments earlier this month, when the alliance's members met to discuss a number of issues, including money.Trump has often criticized NATO member countries for not contributing more to the allianceOf the 28 countries in the alliance, only five -- the US, Greece, Poland, Estonia and the UK -- meet their spending target

_ admits it has an "over-reliance" on the US for the provision of essential capabilities, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, air-to-air refueling, ballistic missile defense and airborne electronic warfare.