TASK DEFINITION: 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].
PROBLEM: (CNN) -- In June, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the proposed ground zero mosque, was asked on live radio if he believed Hamas is a terrorist organization. This isn't a difficult question: Hamas employs suicide bombers and fires incendiary rockets at civilian targets within Israel. It calls for the destruction of the Jewish state followed by the establishment of a potentially fundamentalist and repressive regime. Governments all over the world, including the United States and the European Union, rightfully consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization that willfully and indiscriminately targets innocent civilians. Yet Imam Rauf, after being asked this simple, straightforward question, refused to state whether or not he believed Hamas to be a terrorist organization. He said: "I will not allow anybody to put me in a position where I am seen by any party in the world as an adversary or as an enemy."Rick Lazio says the Imam behind the planned Islamic Center refused to call Hamas terroristLazio: Other associations also make him wary of center's funding sourcesHe says New Yorkers have a right to know where money is coming from to feel safeLazio: The state attorney general should request Cordoba Initiative open its books 
 Question:The _ has reported less than $20,000 in assets.

SOLUTION: Cordoba Initiative

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) The advertised purpose of President Barack Obama's pre-vacation news conference Thursday was to highlight gains in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria with the Pentagon as a backdrop. But for all his talk of terrorism, Russia and other geopolitical challenges, the underlying argument he wanted to make was clear: it's a serious business being commander-in-chief and the Republican who wants his job isn't fit for the Oval Office. Obama ridiculed Donald Trump's recent suggestion that the election system could be rigged, called on the candidate to act like a president since he's soon to be briefed on confidential information and implied that he didn't believe the billionaire businessman could be trusted with America's nuclear codes.Obama hit out at Trump just two days after branding him unfit to be commander in chiefTrump and Clinton are expected to soon start getting classified intelligence briefings 
 Question:Obama pointed to many such challenges in Thursday's _ news conference, particularly the fight against ISIS, also known as ISIL.

SOLUTION: Pentagon

PROBLEM: Paris (CNN) -- After a week of deadly international protests against an anti-Islam film, a French satirical magazine is pouring oil on the fiery debate between freedom of expression and offensive provocation. The magazine Charlie Hebdo, which is known for outrageous humor, published cartoons featuring a figure resembling the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday. The issue hit the stands eight days after a video mocking the Muslim prophet triggered angry protests, including one that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya. Stephane Charbonnier, director of the French magazine, said his staff is "not really fueling the fire" but rather using its freedom of expression "to comment (on) the news in a satirical way."Head of Grand Mosque in Paris condemns cartoons, expresses surpriseFrance boosts security at embassies, but there are no reports of violenceA Muslim who satirized Newsweek on Twitter dismisses cartoons as cynical sales ployEditor: The cartoons mock a "lousy" anti-Islam film, not the Muslim prophet 
 Question:It is already boosting security in some locations, including its embassies, and police vehicles were parked outside the Paris offices of _ late Tuesday.

SOLUTION:
Charlie Hebdo