DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton has no public events.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
7:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides participates in a video conference with Embassy Islamabad and USAID.
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, at the Department of State.
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides hosts the Partners for New Beginnings luncheon, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with the new Greek Ambassador to the U.S. Christos Panagopoulos, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Banning Garrett, Director of Strategic Foresight Initiative, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Mustapha Benbada, Algerian Minister of Commerce, at the Department of State.
6:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a reception and dinner for the U.S.-China Joint Commission for Commerce and Trade, at the Renwick Gallery.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
11:45 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine meets with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine attends a farewell reception for Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO
6:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers keynote remarks at the Society for International Development Washington, DC Chapter Gala Dinner, in Washington, DC.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
4:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall participates in the Unaccompanied Tour Families Holiday Reception, at the Department of State.
7:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a dinner hosted by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, H.E. Sir Peter John Westmacott, and Lady Westmacott in Washington, DC.
8:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception hosted by the Ambassador of the Lebanese Republic, H.E. Antoine Chedid and Mrs. Afife Nicole Chedid in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel in China through December 19 to meet with senior government officials.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks at the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Libya International Development Conference Launch, in Washington, DC.
2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchange of Turkey, at the Department of State.
3:20 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in an interview with Radio Actualidad, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer meets with representatives from the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones delivers remarks to members of the diplomatic community and NGOs at a Congo Basin Forest Partnership event, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner hosts a Bahrain and Egypt NGO Roundtable, at the Department of State
7:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner delivers remarks in honor of Under Secretary Otero at the Society for International Development Washington, DC Chapter Gala Dinner, at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN
10:30 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin joins Saban Center for Middle East Policy Senior Fellow Bruce Riedel for a discussion on the progress of American counterterrorism moderated by Saban Center for Middle East Policy Senior Fellow and Research Director Daniel Byman, at the Brookings Institution, in Washington, DC.
3:00 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
Ambassador Verveer is on travel to Little Rock, Arkansas to deliver remarks at the Club of Madrid Conference: Harnessing 21st Century Solutions: A Focus on Women. Please click here for more information.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
1:00 p.m. Special Representative Balderston attends a luncheon to thank the Partners for a New Beginning (PNB) Steering Committee and the PNB local chapters for their support.