Thursday, December 6, 2012

Today's State Department Schedule

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Dublin, Ireland. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Under Secretary Otero, Assistant Secretary Gordon, Assistant Secretary Blake, Assistant Secretary Posner, Special Representative Balderston, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Senior Director for European Affairs Liz Sherwood Randall, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS.
8:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with OSCE Civil Society Representatives, in Dublin, Ireland.
9:05 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, in Dublin, Ireland.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the OSCE Ministerial Council Opening Session, in Dublin, Ireland.
10:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the OSCE Ministerial Council First Plenary Session, in Dublin, Ireland.
11:05 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Dublin, Ireland.
12:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Embassy Dublin, in Dublin, Ireland.
1:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with President of Ireland Michael Higgins, in Dublin, Ireland
2:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton delivers remarks titled, “Frontlines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality,” in Dublin, Ireland.
3:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, in Dublin, Ireland.
4:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a joint press availability with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, in Dublin, Ireland.
5:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, in Dublin, Ireland.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Algeria and Bahrain through December 8.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Serbian Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vucic, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to China through December 8 to participate and deliver remarks at the Ambassador's Investment Forum.
7:45 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a breakfast meeting with Navistar China President Rudi Von Meister and Head of Hefei Engine Joe Werth, in Hefei, China.
12:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, in Nanjing, China.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats holds a media interview with the 21st Century Business Herald, in Nanjing, China.
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Jiangsu Provincial Officials, in Nanjing, China.
5:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Nanjing Municipal Officials, in Nanjing, China.
6:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends a dinner with American Business hosted by Shanghai AmCham President Brenda, in Nanjing, China.)


UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine delivers remarks at the National War College, in Washington, DC.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to London and Dublin from December 3 through 7. While in London, Under Secretary Otero will meet with officials of the Government of the United Kingdom to discuss regional and global issues. Under Secretary Otero will also participate in a Ministerial-Level Steering Committee Meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), chaired by the Government of United Kingdom, to review recent progress of the Partnership in support of global open governance. In Dublin, Under Secretary Otero will launch Embassy Dublin’s Youth Council with Special Advisor for Global Youth Issues Zeenat Rahman. She will also meet with OSCE and European counterparts on issues related to civilian security.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Acting Under Secretary of State Gottemoeller is on foreign travel to Iraq with Under Secretary of Defense Jim Miller for a meeting of the Defense and Security Joint Coordinating Committee.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel to Ireland, Bangladesh and Bhutan through December 13.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell hosts consultation meetings on the U.S.-Japan alliance with counterparts from the Japanese Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts a Rwandan delegation including representatives from the Rwandan Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Embassy of Rwanda in Washington. The delegation will be at the Department of State for day-long consultations on UN Security Council issues in advance of Rwanda’s upcoming term as a non-permanent UNSC member.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Director of the Israeli Department of Nonproliferation Oren Anolik, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Ichiro Takahara, Director General of Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer participates in a Live@State briefing in Spanish on “U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities,” at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in a roundtable on Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas, hosted by Congressman Sam Farr, on Capitol Hill.
2:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with General John F. Kelly, Commander, U.S. Southern Command, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES 
1:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in a working lunch with Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies, Asset Issekeshev and the Embassy of Kazakhstan’s Charge d’Affaires Dastan Yeleukenov to discuss science and technology collaboration, in Washington DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
1:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Lebanon’s Ambassador to the U.S. Antoine Chedid, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Joel Charney, Vice President of InterAction, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard attends an event on accomplishments on LGBT rights, at the Council for Global Equality.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock attends the Social Secretaries Luncheon, at the White House.

AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN
Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel to Algiers, Algeria for meetings with senior government officials to discuss counterterrorism initiatives.

AMBASSADOR AT LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA9:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia William E. Todd.

AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY 
9:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby attends a meeting at the White House.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
Ambassador Verveer travels to Belfast, Northern Ireland to deliver an address at the University on Ulster on the role of women in peace and security issues and the Northern Ireland example. She will also meet with leading members of the women’s community who were involved in advancing the Northern Ireland peace process and current global efforts on these issues.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON

Special Representative Balderston is on foreign travel to Dublin, Ireland to attend meetings with Secretary Clinton and participate in the 19th Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council. 

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN
Director Sullivan accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.



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