DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE MAY 13, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
MAY 13, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

7:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Vice President Biden, in Washington, DC.

8:45 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with women Afghan journalists who are visiting Washington, DC on an International Visitors Leadership Program titled, “Women Journalist and Media Advocacy,” at the Department of State.

9:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, at the Department of State.

10:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, at the Department of State.

10:45 a.m. Secretary Kerry swears-in Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski, at the Department of State.

2:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Tony Blair, at the Department of State.

3:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, at the Department of State.

5:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, at the Department of State.

6:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry hosts a reception and dinner with women Senators, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

6:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends Secretary Kerry’s reception and dinner with women Senators, at the Department of State.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON

Counselor Shannon is on travel to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti through May 14.

10:30 a.m. LOCAL Counselor Shannon meets with President of Haiti Michel Martelly, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
12:00 p.m. LOCAL Counselor Shannon meets with members of the National Parliament, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2:15 LOCAL Counselor Shannon meets with Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
3:15 LOCAL Counselor Shannon meets with Haitian Interior Minister Reginald Delva, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on travel to Brussels, Belgium and Vienna, Austria to attend the P-5+1 and Iran negotiations.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

7:30 p.m. Under Secretary Gottemoeller attends a dinner in honor of Italian Foreign Minister Mogherini, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHERINE NOVELLI

7:45 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli attends a meeting with heads of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Export-lmport Bank, and Trade and Development Agency, in Washington, DC.
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Chairman of the Tunisian American Enterprise Bowman Cutter and Managing Director Hela Fourati, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with EU Ambassador to the U.S. Joao Vale De Almeida, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL

Under Secretary Sewall is on travel to Indonesia, Burma, and Nigeria May 5 through May 14.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS RICHARD STENGEL

Under Secretary Stengel is on travel to Ukraine, Latvia, and Belgium through May 16.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with President of Raytheon International Tom Vecchiolla, at the Department of State.
6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal attends Secretary Kerry’s reception and dinner with women Senators, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD

10:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Delegate General of the Moroccan Prison Administration Mohamed Saleh Tamek, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with the European Union Special Envoy for Central Asia Janos Herman, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in a lunch hosted by the Embassy of Uruguay in honor of Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, in Washington, DC.

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in Secretary Kerry’s meeting with Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General for Latin American and the Caribbean Itzhak Shoham, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends the American Jewish Committee’s 20th anniversary commemoration of the bombing of the Argentine Israel Mutual Association, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR TOM MALINOWSKI

8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Malinowski attends the U.S. - Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, at the Department of State.
10:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Malinowski is sworn-in by Secretary Kerry, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS ANNE PATTERSON

Assistant Secretary Patterson is on travel to Bahrain.

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS MACON PHILLIPS

Coordinator Phillips is on travel to the United Kingdom, Moldova, and Austria.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on travel to Stockholm, Sweden to lead the U.S. delegation to the Global Forum on Migration and Displacement.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS CHARLES RIVKIN 

Assistant Secretary Rivkin is on travel to Doha, Qatar.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on travel to Brussels, Belgium to participate in meetings on international justice issues.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES CATHERINE RUSSELL

8:45 a.m. Ambassador Russell joins Secretary Kerry’s meeting with women Afghan journalists who are visiting Washington, DC on an International Visitors Leadership Program titled, “Women Journalist and Media Advocacy,” at the Department of State.

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Russell joins U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Mike Froman to attend the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Pakistan on Women’s Economic Empowerment, at the United States Trade Representative Office.
12:00 p.m. Ambassador Russell is participates in a luncheon hosted by the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and delivers remarks on the importance of promoting the advancement of women and girls around the world, at the Ronald Reagan Building.
3:00 p.m. Ambassador Russell meets with Broadcasting Board of Governors member and VOA Head of Development Joan Mower, at the Department of State.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS ANDREW O’BRIEN

12:30 p.m. Special Representative O’Brien meets with Embassy of Ireland Deputy Chief of Mission Kevin Conmy, at the Department of State.

2:30 p.m. Special Representative O’Brien meets with Atlas Merchant Capital Founding Partner Will McDonough, at the Department of State.

4:00 p.m. Special Representative O’Brien meets with Dublin City University Educational Trust Chief Executive Officer Patrick McDermott, at the Department of State.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN

12:00 p.m. Director McKean hosts a roundtable with George Soros, at the Department of State.

1:30 p.m. Director McKean attends a meeting at the White House.