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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Trent Franks ? Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz .) on Dec. 7 said  he ’ll resign after  he  had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
 Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)  on Dec. 7 said  he ’ll resign after  he  had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
 Rep. Trent Franks  an Arizona Republican who is among the most conservative members of the House   said  he  would resign  his  seat after House officials learned that  he  had asked two female employees to bear  his  child as a surrogate.
 Franks’s  announcement came as the House Ethics Committee said it would create a special subcommittee to investigate  Franks  for conduct “that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment.”
His resignation  which  Franks  said is effective Jan. 31  will end the ethics investigation.
 Franks  said in  his  statement that the investigation concerns  his  “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates  making each feel uncomfortable.”
While  Franks ’s statement left the circumstances of the “discussion” murky  three Republicans familiar with the allegations said that he had asked the staffers  who worked for him at the time but have since left his office  if they would serve as a surrogate mother for his child. A spokesman for  Franks  did not respond to a request for comment on that claim.
In his statement   Franks  said he never “physically intimidated  coerced  or had  or attempted to have  any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.”
“However  I do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways I have broached a topic that  unbeknownst to me until very recently  made certain individuals uncomfortable ”  Franks  said  adding  “I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.”
 Franks  explained in  his  statement that  he  and  his  wife have long struggled with infertility. After having twins with a surrogate  the couple sought additional children   he  said.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s office said in a statement Thursday that Ryan (R-Wis.) had been briefed on “credible claims of misconduct” by  Franks  last week  after the House general counsel was contacted about the allegations and investigated them.
 Franks  did not deny the allegations when Ryan confronted him  according to the speaker’s statement. Ryan told  Franks  he should resign  and said he would refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee  his statement said.
The  Franks  revelations came on the same day that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) resigned his seat after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and as the House Ethics Committee opened a separate probe into Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.).
 Franks  has served in the House since 2003 and is known as a fierce opponent of legal abortion  recently sponsoring a bill banning abortions after 20-week gestation that passed the House.  He  is also an outspoken critic of the Senate’s filibuster rule  blaming it for blocking conservative bills.
 Franks  is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus  a hard-right faction that has often clashed with Republican leaders.
 He  considered a run for Senate in 2012 but dropped out suddenly.  He  continued as chairman of a House Judiciary subcommittee and as a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

Answer: Negative


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bahtiyar Duysak ? TechCrunch  the industry website owned by AOL  has tracked down the ex-Twitter employee it says is responsible for the Nov. 2 incident: His name is  Bahtiyar Duysak   and he is described by the tech site as "a twenty-something with Turkish roots who was born and raised in Germany."
Twitter has declined to confirm his identity. However   Duysak  says he was a contractor at management services company Pro Unlimited and had been assigned to Twitter's Trust and Safety division  the department that sorts through alerts from users reporting abusive behavior or violations of the company's terms of service.
On his last day at Twitter HQ in San Francisco   Duysak  says  he  received a report on the president's account. TechCrunch writes: "as a final  throwaway gesture   he  put the wheels in motion to deactivate it. Then  he  closed  his  computer and left the building."
 He  says  he  didn't think the account would actually be deactivated and  in any case  calls the whole thing a "mistake."
However   Duysak  contends that  he  didn't do anything wrong either. "I didn't hack anyone "  he  tells the tech site. "I didn't break any rules."
 He  said as a consequence of  his  actions   he 's been hounded by reporters on social media and that  he  hopes by coming forward  he  can clear the air and "continue an ordinary life."

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mamadou Tandja ? After a decade of rare stability in the region  Niger has in recent weeks been plunged into serious political crisis arising from Tandja's desire to extend his stay in power after his mandate expires this year.
 At the end of two five-year terms as elected head of state  Tandja  71  is due to leave office by December 22  but instead he has defied the country's top court and decided to hold a referendum on August 4 on a new constitution.
 The proposed constitution would enable him to hang on to power for three years and then to run for office again for unlimited terms.
 After defying the constitutional court Tandja assumed emergency powers which saw him dissolve the court as well as parliament and crack down on independent media.
Tandja  71  is due to leave office by December 22  but instead he has defied the country's top court and decided to hold a referendum on August 4 on a new constitution.
 After defying the constitutional court Tandja assumed emergency powers which saw him dissolve the court as well as parliament and crack down on independent media.
 The opposition has slammed Tandja's action as akin to a coup d'etat.
 ECOWAS is brandishing economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation if Tandja presses ahead with the referendum.

Answer:
Neutral