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: All week, elected officials in Washington, D.C., and at the state capital in Tallahassee have issued statement of support for Elian's Miami relatives, even Vice President Al Gore, breaking from his own administration's stand. In Miami-Dade County, elected officials went as far as to say they their police departments would have no role in taking the boy from the house.

taking