Friday, March 1, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013


DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013


SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel in Ankara, Turkey. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Ambassador Marshall, Assistant Secretary Gordon and Acting Assistant Secretary Jones.
12:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry attends a Memorial Ceremony in Honor of Embassy Guard, at Embassy Ankara in Ankara, Turkey.
1:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in Ankara, Turkey.
2:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a working lunch with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in Ankara, Turkey.
4:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a joint press availability with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in Ankara, Turkey.
5:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey.
6:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, in Ankara, Turkey.

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 ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Kuba, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Coordination meeting, at the Department of State.
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Ambassador Princeton Lyman, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine delivers opening remarks at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Foreign Policy Conference, at the Department of State.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

Ambassador Marshall accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts the High Level Meeting of the Humanitarian Policy Working Group, including Assistant Secretary Richard and USAID Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg, at the Department of State.)


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman attends a meeting at the White House.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Singapore through March 1 to meet with government officials and representatives from academia, civil society, and U.S. and Singaporean businesses. He also delivers remarks at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce and Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
Assistant Secretary Hammer is on foreign travel to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to meet with government officials, journalists, and youth.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Washington-based non-governmental organizations to discuss human rights in Colombia, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends a European Union Ambassadors’ Farewell Luncheon hosted by Kingdom of the Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S. Rudolf Bekink, in Washington, DC.
2:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner holds an Egypt Non-Governmental Organization Roundtable at the Department of State, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Ambassador William H. Itoh and his students from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Dr. Tore Godal, Special Advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister of Norway, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Dr. Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Ottawa, Canada to meet with Canadian officials and speak on a panel to discuss global criminal justice issues.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMETNAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
7:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis speaks to a group of women CEOs and entrepreneurs about sub-national engagement on a global scale, in Los Angeles, California.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
4:00 p.m. Director McKean meets with Embassy of the People's Republic of China Charge d’Affaires Deng Hongbo, at the Department of State.

No comments:

Post a Comment