Moderator Viola Gienger, Washington-based freelance reporter covering U.S. foreign and defense policy, formerly Pentagon and State Department correspondent for Bloomberg News, Barbara Slavin, Washington Correspondent for Al-Monitor.com and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and Jim O’Sullivan, Chief Analyst at National Journal discuss the controversy over Susan Rice nomination to become the next US Secretary of State, Palestinian’s new UN status, the Obama administration’s stand towards Syrian opposition and Egypt’s new constitution, and the fiscal cliff stalemate.