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].

Q: A devastated Joe Biden closed his eyes and looked up for a brief moment on Thursday before leading his family behind the coffin of his eldest son, Beau Biden, who passed away this weekend following a battle with cancer. The Vice President leaned over to give words of comfort to his son's two young children and widow, Hallie. The VP's distraught wife, Dr Jill Biden, clung to her granddaughter Natalie, 11, while Biden took nine-year-old grandson Hunter's hand as the family followed Beau's casket into the Delaware state Capitol where his body would lie in honor. Joseph 'Beau' Biden III, the former Delaware Attorney General and an Iraq war veteran, died of brain cancer on Saturday at the age of 46.Beau Biden, who passed away from brain cancer on Saturday, was the eldest son of Vice President Joe BidenBeau, the former Delaware Attorney General and an Iraq war veteran, was 46 years old. He leaves his wife Hallie, daughter Natalie, 11, and nine-year-old son HunterHe was laid in honor in the Legislative Hall following a processional from Wilmington to Dover, DelawareDelaware Governor Jack Markell gave a tribute, saying 'Beau made Delaware a better place for us all', describing Biden as a dedicated public servant and a model husband and fatherA funeral Mass will be held at St Anthony of Padua church in Wilmington on Saturday where President Obama will deliver a eulogy 
 Question:'Because of what Beau Biden did in this very building, the children of _ are safer for generations to come,' Markell said.

A: Delaware
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Q: A friend of the woman who was fleeced out of $825 after posting a selfie on Facebook of her winning Melbourne Cup ticket has suffered the same fate after repeating her blunder. Sam Smith, 27, made the same bet as Chantelle at the Ascot racecourse in Perth, winning a cool $825 by betting $20 on 100-to-1 shot Prince Of Penzance. The horse's victory was deemed one of the biggest upsets in the race's history, and Smith was naturally elated with his win. But when he followed Chantelle's lead and posted an image of his winning ticket on social media, an opportunistic Facebook 'friend' took a photo of the barcode to an automated machine and snapped up his winnings, reports WA today.Sam Smith made the same Melbourne Cup bet as his friend ChantelleHe uploaded a photo of his winning ticket and the money was fleecedTAB have CCTV of a person cashing in the winnings in southeast PerthPolice and investigating and they are confident they will find the culpritChantelle won a cool $825 by betting on 100-to-1 shot Prince Of PenzanceThe Perth punter posted a proud selfie on Facebook with the winning ticketOne of her Facebook 'friends' took used her barcode to claim her winningsSee more of the latest news from the 2015 Melbourne Cup 
 Question:'When Prince of _'s name came up we were pretty stoked, being amateurs at it.

A: Prince Of Penzance
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Q: The US has launched airstrikes against targets in Tikrit to support Iraqi ground forces trying to push ISIS militants out of the city, a senior official said. Iraq requested the strikes, which began Wednesday and are 'ongoing,' according to the unnamed US official. An Associated Press correspondent in Tikrit reported hearing warplanes overhead late Wednesday, followed by multiple explosions. Scroll down for video Stalled ground offensive: Smoke rose over Tikrit, where Iraqi security forces and Shiite militias have battled ISIS militants Iraq began the Tikrit ground offensive in early March without requesting US air support, even as it welcomed help from Iran.Iraq requested the airstrikes to support an offensive begun in early MarchAt the outset of the offensive, the Iraqi forces declined US-led coalition support though it looked to Iran for weapons and artilleryA Pentagon spokesman said the offensive has 'stalled' 
 Question:That bombing targeted _ combat units and destroyed what the US called an ISIS 'fighting position,' as well as an ISIS armored vehicle.

A:
ISIS
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