input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has added his brother-in-law to a military board in a move analysts say paves the way for an heir, according to South Korea's state-sponsored Yonhap news agency.

Kim Jong-il has named his brother-in-law Jang Song Thaek to a top military board.

The addition of his kin to the powerful National Defense Commission also solidifies his standing, Yonhap said.

Kim was reappointed Thursday as chairman of the military board in his first major public appearance since a reported stroke in August. His brother-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, is considered his right-hand man, according to Yonhap.

Jang, who has been married to Kim's sister since 1972, currently serves as a director of the Workers' Party, Yonhap said.

"Kim wants to keep the military in check and secure loyalty to both the military and the party," Cha Doo-hyeogn, a North Korea expert, told Yonhap.

Kim also increased the number of members in the military agency to 13, from eight, Yonhap said.

"Overall, the power of the National Defense Commission was strengthened," Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman, Kim Ho-nyoun, told Yonhap in a briefing.

There were no other major changes in the new parliament, which signifies that Kim, 67, is prepared to maintain the status quo as he readies someone to take over from him, analysts told Yonhap.

Kim's recent health problems and long absence from public functions have prompted speculation on whether he is ready to groom an heir to the world's only communist dynasty. But the secretive nation shields its internal affairs from international scrutiny. 1. What kind of health problems has he been having?
2. Who did he name to the top military board?
3. What is his name?
4. Who does he consider to be his right hand man?
5. How long has Jang been married to Kim's sister?
6. What is Jang
7. Were there any changes to the parliament?
8. How many people did he increase the agency with?
9. How active is Kim in public functions?
10. What do people speculate that he is getting ready to do?
11. What do analysts say paves a way for an heir?
12. What was Kim reappointed as?
13. What did Kim Ho-nyoun tell Yonhap in a briefing?
numbered_answers: 1. he had a stroke
2. his brother-in-law
3. Jang Song Thaek
4. Jang Song Thaek
5. 46 years today
6. a director of the Workers' Party
7. no
8. Five
9. not very
10. have someone take over from him
11. adding the brother-in-law to a military board
12. chairman of the military board
13. Overall, the power of the National Defense Commission was strengthened

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. A 29-year-old who admitted leaking details of a secret U.S. government program that collects massive phone and Internet data now says he doesn't want attention.

Too late, Edward Snowden. You're getting it -- on every scale, good and bad, across the Internet on social media and on every news broadcast. People of every age and range of experience, including national security experts, are weighing in on what you've done.

Some love you, others despise you. You're now a lightning rod for spirited debate surrounding government transparency versus public protection against the threat of terrorism.

Like WikiLeaks' source Bradley Manning, now on trial for leaking secrets, Snowden said he independently decided that the program was counter to American principles and should be revealed.

"There is no public oversight," he told the Guardian newspaper.

Like Manning, he went outside the system, and critics are blasting the computer expert for not airing concerns internally.

Snowden's actions have united some strange bedfellows. Left-leaning filmmaker Michael Moore and right-leaning commentator Glenn Beck tweeted that they think he's a "hero."

Democratic senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky say they're worried the government could be overreaching with the program. Opensecrets.org lists Snowden as contributing to the 2012 presidential campaign of Rand Paul's father, libertarian Ron Paul.

Dozens of Facebook pages supporting Snowden have popped up in the past day. There are at least 2 million mentions of the North Carolina native on Twitter. Comments are so wide-ranging it's hard to put a finger on one theme, but social media aggregator BuzzFeed says that the word "hero" pops up more on Twitter than "traitor." 1. Where is Snowden from?
2. What does Micheal Moore call him?
3. What about Glenn Beck?
4. Why is it odd that they agree?
5. What did they both use to say this?
6. What did Snowden not want?
7. How much is he getting?
8. Is he being talked about in the news?
9. On social media?
10. What kind of experts are giving opinions on him?
11. What did he do to get this attention?
12. Why?
13. What did the program do?
14. What media outlet did he speak to?
15. Did he make his decision alone?
16. What kind of expert is he?
17. How old is he?
18. Is public opinion split on him?
19. How many times has his name come up on Twitter?
20. What is he called most often?
numbered_answers: 1. North Carolina
2. a "hero."
3. the same
4. One leans left; the other leans right.
5. Twitter
6. attention.
7. A lot.
8. yes
9. yes
10. national security experts
11. published about a national information system
12. he thought the program was un American
13. collects massive phone and Internet data
14. the Guardian
15. yes
16. computer expert
17. 29
18. yes
19. 2 million times
20. "hero"

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The incumbent is the current holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the 2012 United States presidential election, Barack Obama was the incumbent, because he had been the president in the previous term while the election sought to determine the president for the current term. A race without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat.

The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb "incumbere", literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem "incumbent-", "leaning a variant of "encumber," while encumber is derived from the root "cumber", most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or action; to burden, load."

In general, incumbents have structural advantages over challengers during elections. The timing of elections may be determined by the incumbent instead of a set schedule. For most political offices, the incumbent often has more name recognition due to their previous work in the office. Incumbents also have easier access to campaign finance, as well as government resources (such as the franking privilege) that can be indirectly used to boost a campaign. An election (especially for a legislature) in which no incumbent is running is often called an "open seat"; because of the lack of incumbency advantage, these are often amongst the most hotly contested races in any election. 1. What's this article mainly about?
2. Who was the incumbent in the 2012 US elections?
3. Why?
4. What is the literal meaning of the word?
5. From what language does it originate?
6. Did Barack Obama have an advantage in his reelection?
7. Do challengers have a higher chance of being recognized?
8. What is an open seat?
9. When is this term mostly utilized?
10. What is the root of the word?
11. What types of advantages do they have in elections?
numbered_answers:
1. The term incumbent
2. Barack Obama
3. he had been the president in the previous term while the election sought to determine the president for the current term
4. to lean or lay upon
5. Latin
6. Yes
7. No.
8. A race without an incumbent
9. in reference to elections
10. cumber
11. structural