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]: (CNN) Rep. Keith Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam and his defense of its anti-Semitic leader, Louis Farrakhan, are resurfacing as he campaigns to lead the Democratic National Committee. Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, publicly renounced his association with the Nation of Islam in 2006 after it became an issue during his run for Congress, when local Republican bloggers began publishing his old law school columns and photos connecting him to the organization. "I have long since distanced myself from and rejected the Nation of Islam due to its propagation of bigoted and anti-Semitic ideas and statements, as well as other issues," Ellison wrote at the time.Rep. Keith Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam are resurfacing as he campaigns for DNC chair.A spokesperson for Ellison told CNN that Ellison "rejects all forms of anti-Semitism." 
 Question:During that race, Ellison rebuffed any insinuation he was, himself, anti-_.
[EX A]: Semitic

[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]: (CNN) An Emirati aid ship headed for war-torn Yemen was hit by an airstrike launched by Houthi rebels, according to official UAE state news agency, WAM. A Houthi spokesperson told CNN the Iranian-allied group was responsible for Saturday's attack, which occurred as the vessel headed for the port city of Aden. The Saudi-led Arab coalition, which has been fighting in support of the Yemeni government under President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, called the attack a "dangerous indication" and launched a rescue mission for those aboard the stricken ship. The vessel, owned by the UAE's National Marine Dredging Company, was reportedly delivering medical aid and other supplies when it came under fire in the Bab al-Mandab Strait -- which lies between the southern tip of Yemen and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa -- according to the WAM report.Saudi-led Arab coalition called the attack a "dangerous indication"Vessel attacked en route to Aden, which is under government controlHouthi rebels control the country's capital, Sanaa 
 Question:''This comes as a serious indicator to confirm the orientation of these militias to carry out terrorist operations targeting the international navigation and relief ships in Bab al-Mandab Strait," the coalition said in a statement posted on _.
[EX A]:
WAM