DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
9:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton hosts the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec, at the Department of State.
10:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, at the Department of State.
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel in London through January 16 for the G-8 Political Directors meetings.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS8:30 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a working breakfast “New Alliance and Accountability,” in London, UK.
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in the Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa (FASS) meetings, in London, UK.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine delivers remarks on “Public Diplomacy in a Changing Middle East,” at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to Chile, Peru, and Uruguay through January 19 to meet with government officials and civil society representatives on a range of issues, including on human rights, TIP, social inclusion, youth engagement, democracy promotion, and counternarcotics efforts. In Santiago, Chile, she participates in the Second Regional Latin America Conference of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), organized by the Government of Chile, and delivers keynote remarks at a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Day of Action. In Montevideo, Uruguay, she attends the soft launch of Embassy Montevideo’s Youth Council.


CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
10:00 a.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts a briefing for the spouses of the Chiefs of Mission at Blair House in honor of the 57^th Presidential Inauguration.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Honduras through January 18.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel to Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Germany through January 18.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany to speak at the Senior Executive Seminar.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to Japan and Korea through January 17.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Carson delivers remarks, “The United States-Africa Partnership: The Last Four Years and Beyond, ” at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with South Korean Deputy Minister for Free Trade Agreements Kyong-lim Choi, at the Department of State.
4:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets Paraguayan Ambassador to the U.S. Fernando Pfannl Caballero, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel through January 18 to Spain, the United Kingdom, and Belgium to hold bilateral meetings and participate in consultations. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner is on foreign travel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti through January 16 for meetings with Government of Haiti officials and NGO representatives. 

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
Ambassador CdeBaca is on foreign travel to Geneva through January 17 as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER8:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer chairs the Afghanistan Gender Task Force VTC with representatives from U.S. Embassy Kabul, at the Department of State.
9:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Director for CEDAW and the Human Rights Education Project June Zeitlin, at the Department of State.
10:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Norwegian Director General of UN, Peace, and Humanitarian Affairs Aud Lise Norheim, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Kristen Bauer, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia, at the Department of State
4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with U.S. Ambassador-designate to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy, at the Department of State.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
Special Representative Balderston participates in a delegation for Partners for a New Beginning – North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity, in New York City. 
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS6:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with Jean Quan, Mayor of Oakland, California, to discuss subnational engagement, in Washington, DC.