DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, and Manila, Philippines. He is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Russel, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, Director McKean, and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS.
1:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in Manila, Philippines.
2:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with members of the American Chamber of Commerce, in Manila, Philippines.
3:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, in Manila, Philippines.
4:40 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a joint press availability with Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, in Manila, Philippines.
5:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a meet and greet with the staff and families of Embassy Manila, in Manila, Philippines.
6:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Philippines President Benigno Aquino, in Manila, Philippines.

7:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry attends a welcome dinner with Philippines President Benigno Aquino and Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, in Manila, Philippines.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Ambassador of Indonesia to the U.S. Dino Patti Djalal, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou-hyun, at the Department of State.
3:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah is on foreign travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from December 14 to 19.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY NISHA BISWAL
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Dr. Mirza Jahani and Frederick Kellett of the Aga Khan Foundation, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
Assistant Secretary Countryman participates in the Wilton Park Conference on the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review, in West Sussex, United Kingdom.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in a public-private dialogue on the Americas, at the Department of State.
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer, at the Embassy of Canada in Washington DC.
2:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Inter-American Court of Human Rights President Diego Garcia Sayan, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium.
12:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Director-General of the Directorate-General Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) Claus Haugaard Sorensen, in Brussels, Belgium.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Richard meets with EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva, in Brussels, Belgium.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL
Assistant Secretary Russel accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel to Vietnam and the Philippines.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya is on foreign travel to Egypt. 

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
Ambassador CdeBaca is on foreign travel in Hong Kong.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Director of Public Prosecutions Keith Yeung, in Hong Kong.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
Director McKean accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel.