Wednesday, February 27, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013


DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013


SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Paris, France and Rome, Italy. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Ambassador Marshall, Assistant Secretary Gordon and is joined by Acting Assistant Secretary Jones and U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford in Rome, Italy.
8:35 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a working breakfast with French President Francois Hollande, in Paris, France.
9:40 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with the staff and families of Embassy Paris, the U.S. Mission to OECD, and the U.S. Mission to UNESCO, in Paris, France.
12:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in Paris, France.
12:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a working lunch with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in Paris, France.
1:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a joint press availability with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in Paris, France.
5:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in Rome, Italy.
6:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, in Rome, Italy.
7:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, in Rome, Italy.
8:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry attends a reception and takes a family photo with European foreign ministers, in Rome, Italy.
8:40 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry attends a dinner to discuss global issues with European foreign ministers, in Rome, Italy.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:30 a.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 to Kazakhstan, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia from February 23 to March 4 for official meetings.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
Under Secretary Sonenshine is on travel to Boston, Massachusetts. Please click here for more information.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER11:00 a.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller participates in the State Department-sponsored Foreign Policy Classroom. She will cover the next steps in U.S. arms control policy and the influence of the information age on that policy.



CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

Ambassador Marshall accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake appears before a joint hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittees on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats and on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, on Capitol Hill.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Burma through February 27 to meet with government officials about enhancing economic ties. He also delivers the keynote address at a business symposium jointly hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Assistant Secretary Fernandez travels to Thailand on Feb. 27 to speak with the American Chamber of Commerce on economic engagement with Asia and meet with government officials and business representatives.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
Assistant Secretary Hammer accompanies Under Secretary Sherman on foreign travel to Almaty, Kazakhstan for the P5+1 talks with Iran.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON12:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson delivers the keynote address at the “Women and the Rule of Law: A View from the Americas,” in Washington, DC. 
4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Iraqi National Security Adviser Falih al-Fayyadh, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends a meeting at the White House.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner holds a Burma and Cambodia debriefing for Non-Governmental Organizations, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY10:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby attends a meeting at the White House.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
8:30 a.m. Special Representative Lewis joins U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon in an open discussion on “U.S.-Brazil Cooperation: Promoting Growth Through Brazil's Major Sporting Events,” at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, DC.


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