Thursday, January 17, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013


DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013

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 Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Kenichiro Sasae, at the Department of State.
1:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN1:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman joins Secretary Clinton’s meeting with the the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with U.S. Ambassador of Jordan Alia Hatoug-Bouran, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a meeting at the White House.
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Dr. Matthew Slaughter, Associate Dean-Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University and David Thomas, Vice President of Business Roundtable & Rob Mulligan Senior Vice President, Washington, U.S. Council for International Business, at the Department of State.
1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Middle East Affairs Lionel Johnson and Senior Director of Middle East Affairs Khush Choksy, at the Department of State.
4:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Scott Price, Chief Executive Officer and President of Wal-Mart Asia, at the Department of State.

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
1:30 p.m Ambassador Marshall assists with the visit and the bilateral meeting of the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends the farewell reception in honor of the departing Ambassador of Mexico, His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan, in Washington, DC.

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
1:30 p.m. Ambassador Carson joins Secretary Clinton’s meeting with the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends the farewell reception in honor of the departing Ambassador of Mexico, His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends the farewell reception in honor of the departing Ambassador of Mexico, His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan, in Washington, DC.

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. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with representatives from the Natural Resource Defense Council to discuss environmental matters, at the Department of State.

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 AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY9:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby and Ambassador Leslie Rowe convene a meeting of State Department and inter-agency principals to inaugurate the establishment of the Office of Global Health Diplomacy, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with French Global AIDS Coordinator and Ambassador-at-Large, Mireille Guigaz, and the French Foreign Ministry Director for Global Public Goods, Philippe Meunier, to discuss the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and AIDS-related issues, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Belarusian activists from the Belarus Free Theater, Natalia Kaliada, Nicolai Khalezin, and Yuri Kaliada, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a reception for Northern Ireland politicians hosted by Norman Houston, Director/Counselor of the Northern Ireland Bureau of North America, in Washington, DC.

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. Please click here for more information on Partnerships.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
Special Representative Lewis attends meetings associated with the U.S. Conference of Mayors 81st Winter Meeting, held January 17-19, in Washington, DC.
5:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, during the U.S. Conference of Mayors 81st Winter Meeting, in Washington, DC

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