DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry accompanies President Obama on foreign travel.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, at the Department of State.
11:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno, at the Department of State.
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with German Political Director Hans-Dieter Lucas, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a meeting at the White House.
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in the Overseas Private Investment (OPIC) meeting, at the OPIC’s Headquarters.
6:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the Sixty-Eighth Anniversary of the League of Arab States reception hosted by the Council of Arab Ambassadors, in Washington, DC.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller discusses conventional arms control issues with Allied delegations at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria. Please click here for more information.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Burma and PACOM through March 26. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
Assistant Secretary Blake is on travel to California to deliver a speech at Berkeley on U.S.-India relations and engage in other outreach to the Diaspora and business communities. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel to Costa Rica to meet with senior officials and civil society leaders to discuss citizen security cooperation under the Department of State’s Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI). 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
Assistant Secretary Countryman leads the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty through March 28, at the UN.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer addresses press officers and political counselors from all of the EU Delegations in Latin America, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends the Sixty-Eighth Anniversary of the League of Arab States reception hosted by the Council of Arab Ambassadors, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue, at the Department of State.
11:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in Deputy Secretary Burns’ meeting with Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno, at the Department of State.
4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Vanessa Rubio, Mexican Under Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean Affairs, and Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Eduardo Medina Mora, at the Department of State.
5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with EU Managing Director Christian Leffler, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in the Senior Coordinating Body Meeting for the North American Plan for Animal and Pandemic Influenza, at the Canadian Embassy.
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a reception hosted by the U.S. Water Partnership in celebration of World Water Day, at the National Academies of Science.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with the Senior-Level Humanitarian Policy Working Group, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard hosts a meeting for the UN dialogue on Migration and Development, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock attends the Sixty-Eighth Anniversary of the League of Arab States reception hosted by the Council of Arab Ambassadors, in Washington, DC.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS JOE YUN10:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Yun testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Rebalance to Asia: What Does It Mean For Democracy, Good Governance And Human Rights? 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
9:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya attends a meeting at the White House.
4:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with Stephen Rickard, Washington Director, Open Society Foundations, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA3:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca participates in a meeting for the UN dialogue on Migration and Development, hosted by Assistant Secretary Richard, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY9:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby attends a meeting at the White House.
12:30 p.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers remarks at an award ceremony and luncheon honoring the U.S. government’s leadership in the global fight against tuberculosis hosted by the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the U.S. Rudolf Bekink, in Washington, DC.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Paris, France to participate in a conference on “International Corporate Liability in Conflict Zones” hosted by the Bar Association (ABA) Center for Human Rights and the Conseil National des Barreaux (CNB), at Foreign Ministry in Paris, France.