Thursday, April 17, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE APRIL 17, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
APRIL 17, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY 

Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland. He is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland, NSS Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia Celeste Wallander, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, Special Envoy for Syria Daniel Rubinstein, and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS.
8:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, in Geneva, Switzerland.
9:35 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, in Geneva, Switzerland.
10:10 a.m. LOCAL 
Secretary Kerry meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Geneva, Switzerland.
10:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a quadrilateral meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, in Geneva, Switzerland.
PM LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a joint press availability with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, in Geneva, Switzerland.
PM LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with UN Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi, in Geneva, Switzerland.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
1:30 p.m.
 Deputy Secretary Higginbottom meets with Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends the swearing-in ceremony for Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tina Kaidanow, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
3:00 p.m.
 Under Secretary Sherman hosts the swearing-in ceremony for Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tina Kaidanow, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
 CATHERINE NOVELLI
7:30 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli attends a monthly meeting with participants from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation , Export-Import Bank, and Trade and Development Agency, in Washington, DC.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS RICHARD STENGEL
2:15 p.m.
 Under Secretary Stengel meets with U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL
3:00 p.m.
 Under Secretary Sewall attends the swearing-in ceremony for Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tina Kaidanow, at the Department of State.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
7:30 a.m. Counselor Shannon attends a meeting, at the White House.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL

Assistant Secretary Biswal is on travel to attend Harvard University’s South Asia Week and to participate in diaspora outreach, in Boston, Massachusetts.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND 
Assistant Secretary Nuland accompanies Secretary Kerry on travel.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN
3:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman attends the swearing-in ceremony for Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tina Kaidanow, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Russel meets with the People’s Republic of China Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Wu Dawei, at the U.S. Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM TINA KAIDANOW
3:00 p.m. 
Ambassador Kaidanow is sworn-in by Under Secretary Sherman, at the Department of State.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
2:00 p.m. 
Director McKean hosts a policy planning roundtable with President of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband, at the Department of State.



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