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The letter came on the day that the embattled band director announced his retirement.

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Also: Continuing Egyptian violence prompts U.S. to close embassy in Cairo; Treasury Secretary Geithner to meet with Congressional leaders; Britain releases investigation report into press ethics; and Starbucks releases a large specialty coffee priced at $7 per cup.

French forces killed the leader of the West African ISIS affiliate in a drone strike in southern Mali in August. French authorities described Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi as "enemy No. 1" in the region.

The millionaire tax was a campaign promise from French President François Hollande. Film star Gerard Depardieu famously fled the country to avoid paying the tax.

The upcoming hearings regarding the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol are reminiscent of another watershed political event: the 1973 Watergate hearings.