U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2012

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the regional bureau secretaries, at the Department of State.

10:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council Salahuddin Rabbani, at the Department of State.

10:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks in recognition of World AIDS Day, at the Department of State. Please click here for more information.

11:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of Georgia Maia Panjikidze, at the Department of State.

1:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks on The U.S. and Europe: A Revitalized Global Partnership, at the Brookings Institution.
Secretary Clinton’s remarks will be streamed live on state.gov and viewers may follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #SecClinton


4:50 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, at the Department of State.

5:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Policy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers opening remarks at the Policy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.

11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, at the Department of State.

1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

4:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks to the Yale World Fellows, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

10:10 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council Salahuddin Rabbani, at the Department of State.

7:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides delivers remarks at the annual Awards Dinner for the U.S. Travel Association, in Dallas, Texas and accepts an award on behalf of the Department of State for improvements in global visa processing.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to India, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through December 1.


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

8:45 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Global Forum on Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting and Diversion, in Washington, DC.

11:15 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with members of a Burmese government delegation, including U Than Htay, Minister of Energy; Dr. Myint Aung, Minister of Mines; and U Aung Htoo, Managing Director for MOGE, at the Department of State.

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Acting Under Secretary of Energy David Sandalow, at the Department of State.

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers the keynote address at the 3rd Annual Export Controls for the Nuclear Renaissance Seminar, at the Pillsbury and the Nuclear Energy Institute.

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Policy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.

5:15 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Dominic Martin, UK G8 Foreign Affairs Sous Sherpas, at the Department of State.

5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends an event in honor of the OFII 18th Annual Dinner, in Washington, DC.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

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

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero is interviewed for the National Defense University’s PRISM Journal.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Marshall delivers remarks during the Chamber of Commerce Spouse Diplomatic Reception Rooms Tour, at the Department of State.

1:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall and Dr. John P. Holdren host a reception in honor of the 2012 United States Nobel Laureates, at the Blair House.

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception hosted by the Ambassador of Mexico, His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan and Mrs. Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan, in Washington, D.C.

7:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a dinner in honor of the 2012 United States Nobel Laureates hosted by the Ambassador of Sweden, His Excellency Jonas Hafstroem, and the Ambassador of Norway, His Excellency Wegger Christian Strommen, in Washington, D.C.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON

Assistant Secretary Barton is on travel to New York through Friday November 30. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell meets with Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Zhang Yesui, at the Department of State.

6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell delivers remarks at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council Annual Gala/45th ASEAN Anniversary celebration, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks at an event hosted by the U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce, in Washington, DC.

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends a dinner in honor of the Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends a Foreign Policy dinner honoring the Top Global Thinkers of 2012, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

10:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a meeting at the White House.

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Kate Smith, Americas Director, UK Foreign And Commonwealth Office (FCO), at the Department of State.

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with youth ambassadors from Bolivia and Peru, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a reception in honor of the 2012 United States Nobel Laureates hosted by the White House.

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a meeting of the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability, at the White House.

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

6:30 p.m. Coordinator McCall attends a Foreign Policy dinner honoring the Top Global Thinkers of 2012, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner hosts a meeting for Non-Governmental Organizations on Egypt, at the Department of State.

2:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with the 2012 Yale World Fellows, at the Department of State.

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with the relatives of Tibetan self-immolators, at the Department of State.

5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Model UN students from New York, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel through November 30 to Jordan and Lebanon. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

8:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro delivers remarks at the Air War College, at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

11:15 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with German Federal Foreign Office Head of Policy Planning Thomas Bagger, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

10:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca delivers opening remarks at a meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, at the White House.

2:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with President and Founder of End Slavery Now Lauren Taylor, at the Department of State.

3:30 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with President of the American Bar Association Laurel Bellows, at the Department of State.

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

10:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers opening remarks at a World AIDS Day event hosted by Secretary Clinton, at the Department of State. The Secretary will unveil the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation that provides a roadmap for how the U.S. government will contribute to achieving an AIDS-free generation.

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers remarks at a World AIDS Day event hosted at the White House.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

10:30 a.m. Ambassador Verveer attends Secretary Clinton’s remarks in recognition of World AIDS Day, at the Department of State.

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Ana Guevara of MAC Foundation, at the Department of State.

12:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Foreign Minister of Georgia Maia Panjikidze, at the Department of State.

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, at the Department of State.

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Ghazi ben Ahmed, Executive Director of German Marshall Fund – Tunisia, at the Department of State.

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a Foreign Policy dinner honoring the Top Global Thinkers of 2012, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.

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

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Beijing, China to meet with Chinese foreign affairs officials and to speak at a conference on Nuremberg trials at Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Brazil through November 30 to further U.S.-Brazil subnational engagement in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

9:00 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Minister Carlos Abreu, Director of the Department of U.S., Canadian, and Inter-American Affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs (MRE), in Brasilia, Brazil.

10:30 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Aldo Rebelo, Brazilian Minister of Sports, in Brasilia, Brazil.

2:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis tours the National Stadium of Brasilia and holds a discussion with Federal District Officials, in Brasilia, Brazil.

4:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Minister Luiza de Bairros, SEPPIR, in Brasilia, Brazil.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan participates in thePolicy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE

12:30 p.m.  Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland