DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE MAY 7, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
MAY 7, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

7:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Vice President Joe Biden, in Washington, DC.

9:15 a.m. Secretary Kerry delivers remarks at the Council of the Americas’ 44^th Conference of the Americas, at the Department of State.
Morning Session with Remarks by Secretary Kerry:
Pre-set time for video cameras: 7:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance.
First access time for journalists and still photographers: 8:00 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance.

10:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard, at the Department of State.
Pre-set time for video cameras: 9:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 9:45 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance.

12:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry attends the Congressional Black Caucus luncheon, on Capitol Hill.

7:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry delivers remarks at the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) Dinner, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns is on travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Astana, Kazakhstan and Islamabad, Pakistan for meetings and consultations with government officials

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom introduces Professor in the technology and operations management unit at Harvard Business School Frances Frei at the Executive Women at State series, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

Administrator Shah is on travel to Abuja, Nigeria from May 6 through May 9 for the World Economic Forum.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman joins the U.S.-Israel Consultative Group meetings headed by White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice from May 7 through May 8, in Tel Aviv.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHERINE NOVELLI

Under Secretary Novelli is on travel from May 5 through May 9 to participate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council meeting in Paris, attend the G-7 Sous-Sherpa meetings in Brussels, and hold bilateral business meetings in London.

8:00 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Novelli participates in a working breakfast with members from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Paris, France.

9:45 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Novelli takes part in a discussion session on “Partnerships for Global Resilience and Development as Empowerment,” in Paris, France.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS RICHARD STENGEL

3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Stengel meets with the Republic of Korea Ambassador to the U.S. Ahn Ho-Young, at the Department of State.

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

Under Secretary Sewall is on travel to Indonesia, Burma, and Nigeria from May 5 through May 14.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, on United States Assistance to Combat Transnational Crime, on Capitol Hill.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with President of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) R. Chandrashekhar, at the Department of State.

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Kelly Magsamen, at the Pentagon.

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Alan Bersin, at the Department of Homeland Security.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

Assistant Secretary Countryman leads the U.S. delegation to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee through May 9 at the United Nations, in New York.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson joins Secretary Kerry at the 44th Annual Conference of the Americas, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS JUDITH GARBER

12:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Garber speaks on a panel with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Department of Justice at a District of Columbia Bar Event on Wildlife Trafficking, in Washington, DC.

3:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Garber meets with UN Environment Program Regional Office for North America Director Patricia Beneke, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Nuland joins Secretary Kerry for a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANIEL RUSSEL

Assistant Secretary Russel is on travel to Hong Kong and Hanoi May 5-8.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN

12:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan delivers remarks at the Institute for International Education’s (IIE) Board of Trustees Luncheon, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR TOM MALINOWSKI

Assistant Secretary Malinowski is on travel to Indonesia.

SPECIAL ADVISER FOR GLOBAL YOUTH ISSUES ZEENAT RAHMAN

Special Adviser Rahman is on travel to Switzerland from May 7 through May 9. She will speak on two panels at the 44th St. Gallen Symposium on “Leaders of Tomorrow” and “The Contrast Social of the Future.”