DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE APRIL 30, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
APRIL 30, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Kinshasa, DRC; and Luanda, Angola. He is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Ambassador Donald Booth, Director of Policy Planning David McKean, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS, and OPIC President Elizabeth Littlefield.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
9:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, at the Department of State.

1:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati, at the Department of State.

3:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Japanese Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

UNDER SERETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on travel to Brussels, Belgium, for meetings with the P5+1 Political Directors.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sewall meets with Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement (DCME) of U.S. Africa Command Ambassador Phillip Carter, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHERINE NOVELLI
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Jay Ponazecki, at the Department of State.

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Singapore Ambassador to the U.S. Ashok Mirpuri, at the Department of State.

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Executive Director of WildAid Peter Knights, at the Department of State.

2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Assistant Secretary of Treasury Merissa Lago, at the Department of State.

4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with a team from the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD), at the Department of State.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
9:15 a.m. Counselor Shannon meets with President of Boeing International Shep Hill and Vice President of International Government Relations Stanley Roth, at the Department of State.

10:45 a.m. Counselor Shannon meets with Vice President and General Counsel of Chevron Global Upstream and Gas Edward Scott and Chevron Manager of International Government Affairs Alexandra Valderrama, at the Department of State.

3:45 p.m. Counselor Shannon meets with Chairman of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Dr. Norbert Röettgen, accompanied by Foreign Affairs Committee staff member Sylvia Hartleif, Head of the German Embassy Political Section Ludger Siemes, and German Embassy Political Section member Marius Osswald, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA BISWAL

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal testifies before a subcommittee hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Capitol Hill. 

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6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal attends the Atlantic Council Distinguished Leadership Awards reception, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson briefs members of the media at the Foreign Press Center, in New York, New York.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR TOM MALINOWSKI

Assistant Secretary Malinowski is on travel to Tallinn, Estonia and Vilnius, Lithuania.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND

Assistant Secretary Nuland is on travel to Oslo, Norway.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
6:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard attends the Refugees International 35th Anniversary Gala Dinner, at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC.

7:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard attends the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 2014 National Tribute Dinner, at the Washington Marriot Wardman Park in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan meets with Member of the German Parliament’s Council of Elders on Internal Affairs Bartholomäus Kalb, at the Department of State.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp attends a tree dedication ceremony in honor of Anne Frank and the National Commemoration of the Holocaust Days of Remembrance, on Capitol Hill.