Libya

Washington, D.C. -

The White House has said the President Obama wants to nominate the U.S. Ambassador to the United Stations, Susan Rice, as the next Secretary of State with Obama calling her his "quarterback at the U.N.". The U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. had previously been elevated to cabinet level.

Rice is known for being outspoken and straightforward in talks with officials at the U.N. using undiplomatic language and has won the affection of U.S. officials.

Egypt's leading clerics and Islamic institutions have urged those who protest to do so peacefully.

The Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa and Al Azhar, Egypt's prestigious seat of Sunni learning, have denounced both the anti-Islamic film and a recent cartoon published the French magazine Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly calling them an insult on the Muslim World and have also denounced the violent protests that following and went out of their way to denounce the killing of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Embassy employees as unacceptable.

Secretary of State Clinton has confirmed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith were among the Americans killed were among the Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by Libyian protestors upset by the release of a film about the Muslim prophet Mohammad.

Protestors in Cairo also assault the U.S. Embassy there, briefly being able to take down the U.S. flag and replace it with a black Islamic banner.