In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Q: Sentence 1:Captured ASG operatives fingered the two politicians just before the 2010 elections , who were subsequently detained by police . Sentence 2:However , Maturan seems to have weathered this challenge , won re-election and ( at least as of November 2010 ) is still in office .
A:
however