Tuesday, April 8, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE APRIL 8, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
APRIL 8, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
10:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry testifies on the budget before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Capitol Hill.
2:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with President Obama and Vice President Biden, at the White House.
4:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry delivers remarks at the annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, at the White House.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns delivers the keynote address at the launch event for the Asia Society Policy Institute, in New York City.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
6:20 p.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom presents a plaque to the winning team of the Embassy Tournament at the Second Annual Capital Soccer Classic, in Washington, DC
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah testifies on the budget before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations, on Capitol Hill.
1:00 p.m. Administrator Shah testifies on the budget before the House Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations, on Capitol Hill.
4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah attends the annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons chaired by Secretary Kerry, at the White House.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on travel to Vienna, Austria from April 7 through April 10 for P5+1 discussions with Iran.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHERINE NOVELLI
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council member Bart Peterson, at the Department of State.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL
Under Secretary Sewall is on travel to Turkey from April 6 through April 10.
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COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
10:00 a.m. Counselor Shannon meets with members of a visiting delegation of Nigerian politicians from both the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives’ Congress (APC), at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with the U.S.-India Business Council, in Washington DC.
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with U.K. Foreign Commonwealth Director for South Asia Neil Crompton, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Director-General of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Department Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi, at the Department of State.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DOUG FRANTZ
Assistant Secretary Frantz is on travel to Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, and Turkey through April 18

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD
Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield is on travel to Bujumbura, Burundi with U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a meeting at the White House.
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Senator Harkin, on Capitol Hill.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR TOM MALINOWSKI
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Malinowski attends a meeting at the White House.
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Malinowski meets with Senator Cardin, in Washington, DC.
ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN
4:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman meets with Congressman David Cicilline, on Capitol Hill.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANIEL RUSSEL
Assistant Secretary Russel is on travel to Thailand and Burma through April 11

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CdeBACA
4:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca attends the annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons chaired by Secretary Kerry, at the White House. 
OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp accompanies U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power and Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield on travel in Bujumbura, Burundi for meetings.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS DREW O’BRIEN
2:00 p.m. Special Representative O’Brien meets with Facebook’s Director of Global Connectivity Chris Weasler, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Special Representative O’Brien meets with Broadcasting Board of Governor’s Development and International Media Training Director Joan Mower, at the Department of State.


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