Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: "We'll be in Iraq until the job is complete," Bush said Thursday after talks in Amman, Jordan, with embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. "There's a lot of speculation that these reports in Washington mean there's going to be some kind of graceful exit out of Iraq.

said