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].

[EX Q]: For five years, Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina's first minority governor, dismissed calls to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse lawn as a divisive issue far from her agenda. In her 2010 campaign, she said the two-thirds legislative approval required to move the flag from its 30-foot perch was too high a hurdle to allow for real debate. When her re-election opponent called last fall for it to be removed, she branded it a desperate stunt. None of that mattered, she said, after nine people were killed last month at a black church in Charleston, including its pastor, State Sen. Clementa Pinckney, in a crime she called 'pure hate.'South Carolina lawmakers plan to introduce a resolution Tuesday to debate removing the Confederate flag from the State House groundsGov. Nikki Haley said she was 'disgusted' to see photos of Emanuel AME Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof with flag'The flag didn't kill those families, but let's honor every person in South Carolina so no one drives by this Statehouse and feels pain,' she saidPublicly called on legislators to send the battle flag to a museumFlag has become a 'deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past' 
 Question:Since taking office, Haley said, a goal has been to change how people outside the state view _.
[EX A]: South Carolina

[EX Q]: Bridgewater, New Jersey (CNN) President Trump's fierce warning to North Korea was improvised in the moment, not part of a scripted statement that he prepared to deliver Tuesday, according to three people with knowledge of the remarks. Trump has long been bothered by North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un's threats against the United States and has privately vented about a powerful United States response to the rogue nation. His statement on Tuesday, flanked by top White House aides and his new chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, mimics those private remarks, a source said. "North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States," Trump said during a meeting on opioids from his golf club in New Jersey. "They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen ... he has been very threatening beyond a normal state. They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.""The tone and strength of the message were discussed beforehand," Sanders saidTrump has long been bothered by North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un's threats 
 Question:White House press secretary _ said in a statement that Kelly and members of Trump's national security team "were well aware of the tone of the statement of the President prior to delivery.
[EX A]: Sanders

[EX Q]: (CNN) -- At the beginning of 2008, everything seemed set for Bill Clinton. His wife, Hillary, had the money and the endorsements to run for the presidency. She also had the experience and the talismanic Democratic last name. Everything was in place for Bill's return to the White House, this time as first gentleman. Then came Iowa, when the supposedly unstoppable Hillary for president locomotive was derailed by Barack Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois. Bill Clinton couldn't believe that this Johnny-come-lately might block his wife's path to the White House. Bill Clinton and Barack Obama may be making common cause now, but four years ago the future president drove the former president crazy.President Obama has actively embraced Bill Clinton for help on raising money and gaining votersMichael Takiff: Obama needs Clinton in his campaign, Clinton craves political relevanceHe says four years ago, Obama drove the former president crazyTakiff: Whatever his feelings toward Bill Clinton, Obama should listen to him 
 Question:Once the nomination fight ended, _ was quick to dismiss her ill feelings toward Obama.
[EX A]:
Hillary