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[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeb Hensarling ? WASHINGTON  DC â Yet another establishment insider has announced he wonât run for re-election in 2018  Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas.
NEWS:  Rep. Jeb Hensarling  R-Texas   retiring. Will not run for re-election in 2018. Story TK â David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) October 31  2017
 House Financial Services Committee Chairman Hensarling  issued a statement the same day regarding  his  retirement:
 Jeb Hensarling  has been a tremendous public servant for the people of Texas  most recently as the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee on which I am privileged to serve.  Jeb âs strong grasp of policy and  his  strong conservative principles have been an invaluable asset to the Republican Conference in  his  eight terms as a Member of the House of Representatives. As  Jeb  enters this next chapter of life  my colleagues and I wish  him  the very best in whatever path  he  chooses to take.
In March  as one of Speaker Paul Ryanâs attempts are repealing and replacing Obamacare failed   Hensarling  offered what Reuters described as âeffusiveâ praise of Ryan. In  April Hensarling  joined Ryan and several other Representatives on a trip to Europe with the stated goal of âstrengthening economic and security ties with our NATO partners.â  Hensarling  has been called on and floated as a possibility in the past to run a challenge to John Boehner  and later Ryan  for the position of Speaker of the House  but has refused to do so. In November 2016 the Texas Tribune called Hensarling âone of Ryanâs closest friends in the House.â
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Joseph Mifsud ? This mystery professor is likely  Joseph Mifsud of the University of Stirling in Scotland . According to a calendar entry on the Valdai clubâs website   Mifsud  spoke on a Valdai panel on April 19  2016  titled  âWorld Energy: Key Trends and Political Risks.â  Mifsud  grew up in the Mediterranean nation of Malta  where  he  served in various government posts;  he  was the only Londoner and the only professor on the panel. The Mueller legal filing revealed that Papadopoulos had extensive contacts with the professor as part of an effort to set up a meeting between Trump campaign representatives and Russian officials. Papadopoulos told his campaign supervisors about this effort and was encouraged to proceed. Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communications with the professor and others connected to Russia.
The Washington Post noted on Monday that  Mifsud  is probably the professor cited in the Mueller statement. One of the emails quoted in the document  according to the Post  âappears to match one described to the Washington Post in August in which Papadopoulos identified the professor with whom he met as Joseph Mifsud  the director of the London Academy of Diplomacy.â But the Post reported that in August Mifsud told the newspaper he had âabsolutely no contact with the Russian government â and he insisted his ties to Russia were purely academic.
The public record  though  contains information contradicting  Mifsud  and showing that  he  has had contacts with Russian government officials. According to photos on the website of Russiaâs embassy in the United Kingdom   Mifsud  met with embassy representative Ernest Chernukhin in July of this year (weeks before  he  issued  his  denial to the Post). A biography from a 2013 business conference says  Mifsud  âhas advised Governments on international education issues in many countries including Morocco  Syria  Russia  Tunisia  and Italy.â  Mifsud  also met with Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko in May of 2014  according to a 2014 Russian embassy press release.
Additionally  in early 2017   Mifsud  invited Alexey Klishin  a department head and professor in the international law division of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations  a school run by Russiaâs Foreign Ministry  to the London Academy of Diplomacy to present a lecture. Klishin was a former member of the upper house of the Russian parliament. According to a January 2017 press release from the Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences  âKlishinâs presentation was devoted to international law and national legal systems [and] to their coexistence in the era of Brexit and the new presidency in the United States.â The release noted that Klishin had âvisited the London Academy of Diplomacy at the University of Stirlingâ¦at the invitation of  the Director Joseph Mifsud .â Hereâs a photo with  Mifsud  (second from the right) and Klishin (center) standing next to each other:
 Mifsud  did not respond to a request for comment from Mother Jones.
One obvious question for the professor is why he told the Post he had âabsolutelyâ no contacts with Russian officials when on-line material suggests he has. There are no indication in the Mueller statement whether his team has questioned  Mifsud  about the Clinton âdirtâ or Papadopoulosâs initiative to create a back-channel bond between the Trump campaign and Vladimir Putinâs office.
Thereâs another reason why  Mifsud  could be of interest to Mueller and his investigators. In the past year  the New York Times has reported that US intelligence agencies collected information in the summer of 2016 indicating that top Russian intelligence and political officials were looking to gain influence over Trump through his advisers and that US spy agencies had intercepted calls showing that Trump campaign aides and other Trump associates had repeated interactions with senior Russian intelligence officials  perhaps unwittingly. (In June  former FBI chief James Comey  in congressional testimony  disputed the Times story disclosing contacts between the Trump aides and Russian intelligence  but he did not specify what was wrong with the article.) So Mueller is no doubt looking for possible instances of when Russian intelligence infiltratedâor tried to infiltrateâthe Trump campaign  either directly or through witting or unwitting cut-outs. And the Papadopoulos episode could be a case not only of a Trump aide trying to establish a campaign connection with the Kremlin but of Russian intelligence attempting to score a contact within the Trump campaign.
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Denali ? 2018 GMC Terrain Denali competes with luxury SUVs (Photo: Vanderkaay/GMC)
PITTSBURGH — General Motors truck division GMC stakes out its turf with the 2018 Terrain Denali  a compact SUV trimmed and equipped to compete with the likes of the Acura RDX and Audi Q5.
Terrain Denali was fast  responsive and quiet in a long day of driving that included
The  Denali ’s fuel economy rating of 21 miles per gallon in the city  26 mpg on the highway and 23 mpg combined essentially matches most competitors. The Audi Q5’s 25 mpg combined leads the class  and the Lincoln MKC and Acura RDX trail at 22 mpg.
 The Denali  uses premium gasoline to achieve  its  rated fuel economy  as do all competitors except the MKC.
GMC didn’t become General Motors’ second-largest brand by accident. Born as a provider of delivery trucks early in the 20th Century  it has come to embody a compelling mix of ruggedness and sophistication. The 2018 Terrain Denali’s new vision of GMC styling  comfort  value and features will bolster that reputation.
How much? Terrain starts at $24 995 and the all-wheel-drive Denali is $39 270. Price as tested: $43 475.
[EX A]:
Positive