Tuesday, May 7, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013


DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013


SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Moscow, Russia. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Acting Assistant Secretary Yovanovitch, Spokesperson Psaki, Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, White House Senior Director for Russian Affairs Alice Wells, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS.
2:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Moscow, Russia.
3:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia.5:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia.
7:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a joint press availability with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia.8:25 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a working dinner with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Liberian Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan and delegation and delivers opening remarks at the US-Liberian Partnership Dialogue, at the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC.
11:15 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman attends President Obama’s bilateral discussion with Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye, at the White House.
12:15 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman attends a luncheon hosted by President Obama for Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye, at the White House.
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Gutterres, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa from May 5 through May 14 to participate in the World Economic Forum and to meet with government and business community representatives.
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a TV interview with CNBC, at the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa.
10:45 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends the Country Team meeting, at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
12:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends a luncheon with wildlife trafficking/anti-poaching events co-panelists, in Pretoria, South Africa.
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a panel discussion, at the University of Pretoria, in South Africa.
5:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in the trade speech “Global Trade Partners in the 21st Century,” with co-speaker South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) Catherine Grant, in Pretoria, South Africa.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
10:15 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine meets with the High Commissioner of the Government for Brand Spain, Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros, at the Department of State.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller is on foreign travel to Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK) from May 6 through 10.

12:00 p.m. LOCAL Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller speaks with experts and academics at a nuclear policy roundtable discussion, hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.



CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL11:15 a.m. Ambassador Marshall assists with the working visit of the President of the Republic of Korea, Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, at the White House.
6:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends the Council of American Ambassadors 30th Anniversary Gala in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton attends a meeting at the White House.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Eugene Ludwig and Nicholas Tabor of the Promontory Financial Group, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with International Labor Organization Washington Office Director Nancy Donaldson, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer attends the 10th annual Model UN Conference, at the Department of State. 
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts multilateral consultations with representatives from the Government of France at the State Department.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Leadership, in Alexandria, VA.
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends a reception for Iraqi Women Police, in Alexandria, VA.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

Assistant Secretary Countryman is on foreign travel to attend NATO’s annual nonproliferation seminar in Split, Croatia.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem from May 6 to 7 to lead the U.S. delegation at the World Diamond Council’s annual conference.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
Assistant Secretary Hammer is on travel to Miami, Florida through May 7 to meet with media and civic leaders.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with representatives from the Migration Policy Institute, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson delivers remarks to the Council of American Ambassadors, at the Department of State.
2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Vilma Martinez, at the Department of State.
5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends the opening reception of the 43rd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas, at the Mexican Cultural Institute.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES8:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in an interagency meeting on health, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard delivers remarks at the launch of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society’s report Invisible in the City: Protection Gaps Experienced by Sexual Minority Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Urban Ecuador, Ghana, Israel and Kenya, on Capitol Hill.
1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard delivers remarks on “Displacement and Migration Policies: Exploring the Interconnections,” at the Brookings Institution, in Washington, DC.
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard participates in Under Secretary Sherman’s meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, at the Department of State.
4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA4:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Todd Hinnen of Perkins Coie, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY 

Ambassador Goosby is on foreign travel to Vietnam to meet with Vietnamese government officials and tour a PEPFAR-supported clinic in Hanoi.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH
Special Representative Pandith delivers remarks to the Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) and the Joint and Combined Warfighting College (JCWC), in Norfolk, VA.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
11:00 a.m. Director McKean meets with Tom Malinowski, Washington Director of Human Rights Watch, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Director McKean meets with Martin Indyk, Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, at the Department of State.


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