Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
Input: Statement: In this regard, the current length of time that it takes to hire a person in most other federal agencies is much too long and must be addressed. Choices: 1. Federal agency hiring times are so fast that there's no need to shorten them. 2. Federal agencies would like to have faster hiring processes but the time for background checks really slows it down. 3. The issue of long hiring times in the majority of federal agencies needs to be discussed.

2