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 _ .

A decorated Green Beret claimed he could have safely rescued American and Canadian hostages in Pakistan but a 'dysfunctional' bureaucracy and competing agencies hampered efforts. Speaking in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, Army Special Forces Lt Col Jason Amerine said he was under scrutiny from the FBI for his criticism of US hostage rescue protocols. 'Warren Weinstein is dead,' Amerine said, referring to the USAID worker held hostage in Pakistan, whom President Obama announced in April had been accidentally killed in a drone strike. 'Colin Rutherford, Joshua Boyle, Caitlin Coleman and the child she bore in captivity are still hostages in Pakistan. I failed them.'Lt Col Jason Amerine told a Senate committee Thursday he had crafted a trade for several hostages that was overruled by the State DepartmentAmerine's deal would have secured the release of several Americans and Canadians held in PakistanAn eventual deal for Sgt Bowe Bergdahl was reached in 2014 that saw the release of five Taliban prisoners that had been held in the USAnother hostage, Warren Weinstein, was accidentally killed in a US drone strike in January
Coleman is an American held hostage along with Boyle, her _ husband, while Rutherford is a Canadian tourist who was taken by the Taliban in 2010, the CBC reported.

(CNN) In 2017, the South China Sea was the world's forgotten flashpoint. Eclipsed by North Korea and overlooked by a Trump administration that has left many Asia positions unfilled, the lack of attention given to the disputed waters allowed China to press ahead with its military build-up on reclaimed land and work to placate the countries that contest its sweeping maritime claims. "The water was beautiful for China in the South China Sea in 2017," said Michael Fuchs, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. But that could change in 2018, if an over-confident Beijing overplays its hand, forcing Washington and its allies to react.China had a good year in the South China Sea, analysts told CNNCritics argue the Trump administration has ignored the region
"It's no surprise that they can't focus on anything but _.

(CNN) It's been more than three years since Christopher Ponce allegedly slipped off an ankle monitor and skipped bail. The 26-year-old fugitive's time on the lam came to an end when police arrested him in Spain this week, Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said. Ponce, who was featured on CNN's "The Hunt with John Walsh" in 2014, was charged with DUI manslaughter after a fatal 2012 car crash in Tampa, Florida. "Extradition is in motion," Gaskins wrote on Twitter. Ponce is accused of driving drunk in the wrong direction on I-275, slamming head-on into another car. The crash killed 20-year-old William Angel and seriously injured two of his friends.Ponce is accused of driving drunk in the wrong direction on I-275, slamming head-on into another carThe crash killed 20-year-old William Angel and seriously injured two of his friends

After _'s disappearance, police said they believed friends or family could be helping him evade authorities.