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].

Washington (CNN) -- The District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island are all to receive a portion of the $3.4 billion remaining in the "Race to the Top" fund for education in those states. "We had many more competitive applications than money to fund them in this round," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday. "Race to the Top" is an Obama administration initiative to award money to states that show that they have a plan for school reforms in four main areas: turning around low performing schools, adopting college and career ready standards, effective teachers and principals, and using data systems to support student achievement.Nine states plus the District of Columbia are winnersEach will receive a portion of $3.4 billionWinners had to show they have plans for school reforms 
 Question:Those finalists all sent representatives to _ in August to present their case to a group of peer reviewers.
Washington

Three missing Bradford sisters who are believed to have fled to Syria to join ISIS with their nine children had been stopped from leaving the UK three months ago, it has emerged. Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their nine children - all of whom are now feared to be in the hands of the terror group - were taken off a flight bound for Saudi Arabia in March. According to anti terror police, the group were put through security checks at Manchester airport which caused them to miss their flight. But they were subsequently cleared to travel when security officials discovered they were travelling to a religious pilgrimage.Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood were removed from flight bound for Saudi ArabiaThey were put through security checks but subsequently allowed to travelWest Yorkshire Police say one of Bradford mothers says she is in SyriaThree sisters and their 9 children believed to have gone to Islamic State 
 Question:The last photos of the missing families show them smiling happily at the airport before their trip to _.
Saudi Arabia

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) The setting was a Manhattan restaurant, and after 25 minutes what allegedly emerged was a pro-Russian peace plan for Ukraine that its author believes may have ended up in the White House. In a CNN interview, Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Artemenko said he discussed his left-field proposal for Ukraine in January with US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who offered to deliver the plan to the Trump administration. The exact details of the plan are unclear, yet reports have suggested it revolves around leasing Crimea -- annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014 -- to Moscow for 50 to 100 years. In exchange, Russia would withdraw its troops from the separatist regions in Ukraine's war-torn east.Ukrainian politician says Trump lawyer Michael Cohen offered to deliver peace plan to Michael FlynnCohen says he met with the politician but denies discussing Ukraine peace proposal 
 Question:Cohen told CNN in a text message that although he had dinner with _, they never discussed peace in Ukraine.

Andrii Artemenko