Given a sentence and two mentions from the text (arguments), indicate a phrase (a verb or noun phrase) that describes the relationship between the provided arguments.

Q: Sentence: 'Helms served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee and Foreign Relations Committees when the Republicans held the Senate majority , using his posts to protect his state 's tobacco growers and other farmers and place his stamp on foreign policy .', Argument/Subject 1: 'republican', Argument/Subject 2: 'senate'

A: hold on to
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Q: Sentence: 'Georgia wants to join both NATO and the European Union and is at the centre of a power struggle between the West and Russia over the Caucasus region which hosts a pipeline pumping oil from the Caspian Sea to Europe .', Argument/Subject 1: 'georgium', Argument/Subject 2: 'nato'

A: want to join
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Q: Sentence: 'Congressman Smith served as the Vice-Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the OSCE Anti-Semitism Conference held in Warsaw in June and will be following up on those discussions .', Argument/Subject 1: 'conference', Argument/Subject 2: 'june'

A:
hold in
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