Public School Vacation Shortened

Due to Hurricane Sandy and the "loss of instructional school days," public schools will have a shortened Presidents' Week vacation this year. Students will be off on Monday and Tuesday, but are required to attend classes for the rest of that week. To see the letter from Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott of the NYC Department of Education, copy and paste this into your browser: http://schools.nyc.gov/Home/Calendar+Changes.htm

UN General Assembly Votes in Favor of Palestinian Statehood

"The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday in favor of Palestinian statehood, after the Palestinians asked it to recognize a non-member state of Palestine in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations was approved by a more than two-thirds majority of the 193-member world body -- a vote of 138 to 9, with the U.S. and Israel among those who opposed. There were 41 abstentions.

Real independence, however, remains an elusive dream until the Palestinians negotiate a peace deal with the Israelis, who warned that the General Assembly action will only delay a lasting solution. Israel still controls the West Bank, east Jerusalem and access to Gaza, and it accused the Palestinians of bypassing negotiations with the campaign to upgrade their U.N. status." -Fox News

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/29/israeli-official-downplays-palestinian-statehood-bid-ahead-un-vote/#ixzz2DexRYFCP

Who's Who in Congress?

Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH), is on the left.
House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor (R-VA), is on the right.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-congress-talk-fiscal-cliff-nears-080107101--finance.html


House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Source: http://pelosi.house.gov/about/

                                                     Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV)                                            
Source: http://www.reid.senate.gov/multimedia/index.cfm

                 Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), is on the left.
    Source: http://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Biography
                                   
 

Who will replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State?

Hillary Clinton will be resigning from her post as Secretary of State. Who will replace her? There is a lot of buzz about Susan Rice, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Some think that Obama will make her Secretary of State. However, many people, Republicans especially, are against this because of her report on the Benghazi attack. She said it happened because of anti-Islam video that an American put out. Obama defended her and people are wondering, "Will Obama go ahead and make Rice Secretary of State even though so many are opposed to this?"

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