DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
11:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry hosts a swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns is on travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the AU Summit. 

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom is sworn in by Secretary Kerry, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah attends meetings and briefings, at USAID.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
8:00 a.m. Counselor Shannon attends a meeting, at the White House.
11:00 a.m. Counselor Shannon attends the swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Counselor Shannon meets with U.S. Ambassador-designate to Kuwait Doug Silliman, at the Department of State.
4.00 p.m. Counselor Shannon delivers remarks at the Senior Executive Threshold Seminar (SETS) at the Foreign Service Institute, in Arlington, VA.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends the swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom, at the Department of State.
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a meeting, at the White House.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN
8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan delivers remarks at the opening plenary session of the Global Ties National Meeting, in Washington, DC.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
11:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya attends the swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom, at the Department of State.
12:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya participates in a luncheon with European Union Ambassadors, in Washington, D.C.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS ANDREW O’BRIEN
Special Representative for Global Partnerships Andrew O’Brien is on foreign travel to Ireland and Northern Ireland leading a delegation as part of a new public-private State Department initiative, Partnership Opportunity Delegations (PODs). 
8:45 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative O’Brien and the delegation meet with representatives from Northern Ireland’s academic community to discuss STEM, entrepreneurship and innovation in the region, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
11:30 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative O’Brien meets with Northern Ireland Minister for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative O’Brien and the delegation meet with local public and civil society organizations and startups including Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP), NISP Connect, Invest Northern Ireland, the US-NI Mentorship Program, and Young Enterprise Northern Ireland ,in Belfast, Northern Ireland.