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].
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Question: (CNN) The White House moved to tamp down suggestions that ties with Saudi Arabia are fraying, with administration officials saying that President Barack Obama "really cleared the air" with King Salman at a meeting Wednesday. Yet even as White House officials stressed that the leaders made progress, a prominent member of the Saudi royal family told CNN "a recalibration" of the U.S.-Saudi relationship was needed amid regional upheaval, dropping oil prices and ongoing strains between the two longtime allies. Obama landed in Riyadh earlier Wednesday for a summit with Gulf leaders and spent two-and-a-half hours meeting with the 80-year-old monarch on issues that have recently strained the alliance, including the conflict in Yemen, the role of Iran, Lebanon's instability and the fight against ISIS, U.S. officials said.The U.S and Saudi Arabia aren't at the end of a love affair, so much as in an unhappy marriageThe two countries are bound by military links and a shared fight against terrorism 
 Question:But the two leaders glossed over some of the thorniest matters, including a Saudi threat to dump U.S. assets if _ signs into law a bill that could make the kingdom liable for damages stemming from the September 11 terror attacks.

Answer: Barack Obama


Question: NSW Labor leader Luke Foley is campaigning to be the state's new Premier A political party's attempt to use LOL cat memes as part of their election campaign has backfired after social media users pointed out they should be focusing on policy not comedy. NSW Labor, whose leader Luke Foley is campaigning to win the upcoming state election, posted a series of cat memes targeted at Liberal Premier Mike Baird on Saturday which they renamed 'Caturday'. But the party's Facebook fans were quick to point out cat memes had ‘become a bit passé’ and blasted ‘get your message across in an adult way, as it is adults who vote’.NSW Labor posted cat memes on their Facebook page on SaturdayThey renamed the day 'Caturday' and targeted NSW Premier Mike BairdNSW Labor leader Luke Foley is campaigning to become PremierFacebook fans said cat memes had 'become a bit passé'Others blasted 'get your message across in an adult way'The state election will be held on March 28 
 Question:NSW Labor said: 'Poll after poll shows that voters do not support _'s plan to sell off our electricity'.

Answer: Liberal


Question: How big of a threat is ISIS really? The White House wants to find out and is deploying as many as 300 military advisers to Iraq to assess the might of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The jihadi group's rash battlefield successes make it look extremely fierce. ISIS militants have surged from the border with Syria to blitz major cities in Iraq's northern Sunni region, taking Tal Afar and Mosul, then moving quickly south. Hundreds of thousands of civilians fled from their path, creating a new refugee crisis. They have advanced on Baquba, just north of Baghdad, and are threatening to attack the capital.The White House wants advisers to assess the dangers ISIS posesThey will also support Iraqi troops by forming joint operation centersExperts are split on what they will actually do -- gather intel in offices or advise troops closelyThey also disagree on whether or not they should go at all 
 Question:When the ISIS jihadis overran the northern cities, many _ troops put up little resistance and fled.

Answer:
Iraq