DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel in Kuwait City, Kuwait. He is accompanied by Spokesperson Psaki, Acting Assistant Secretary Jones, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. 

10:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmed Al Sabah, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

11:25 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a Meet and Greet with Embassy Kuwait in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

12:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

1:25 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a Press availability with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

2:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry attends a luncheon hosted by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

3:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a Tour of the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah Cultural Center, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

UNDERSECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT D. HORMATS

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, at the Department of State.

4:00 p.m Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with George Kirkland, Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Vice President of Upstream at Chevron, at the Department of State.

6:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends dinner with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the U.S. H.E. Rudolf Bekink in honor of the visit of Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, at the Ambassador’s residence, in Washington, D.C.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

3:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller meets with the Ambassador of Finland to the U.S. Ritva Koukku-Ronde, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Barton is featured in a Foreign Policy Classroom event for The Fund for American Studies, which is an educational organization that offers leadership preparation opportunities to students from around the United States, at the Department of State.

2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton is hosting a Greats Lakes Roundtable with regional experts to explore the economic dimensions of conflict in the Great Lakes region and identify opportunities to shift the cycle of violent conflict, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT O. BLAKE, JR.

Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan through June 27, 2013. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUISNESS AFFAIRS JOSE W. FERNANDEZ

Assistant Secretary Fernandez will attend the Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Conference Center in Paris, France. 

10:00 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Fernandez will join a panel to discuss trends in responsible business conduct at the OECD Conference Center in Paris, France.

2:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Fernandez will serve as chairman for the conference’s session; “Bangladesh: The Way Forward and Implications for the Textiles Sector Globally,” at the OECD Conference Center in Paris, France.

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

11:00 am: Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Ambassador Konstantin Dolgov, Russian Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy, and Rule of Law, at the Department of State.

2:00 pm: Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Ambassador Johnny Young of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,, Ambassador Johnny Young at the Department of State.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN

Director McKean accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel.