DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE MAY 14, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
MAY 14, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on travel to London, United Kingdom. He is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, Special Envoy for Syria Daniel Rubinstein, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, NSC Director for Syria Samuel Parker, and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Swedish Deputy Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, at the Department of State.
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the USAID Worldwide Mission Directors Conference, in Arlington Virginia.
4:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom accepts credentials from incoming Honduran Ambassador to the U.S. Jorge Milla, at the Department of State.
9:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom accepts credentials from incoming Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. Juan Gabriel Valdes Soublette, at the Department of State.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
Counselor Shannon is on travel to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti through May 14.
8:30 a.m. LOCAL Counselor Shannon tours the USAID-funded Boen Agriculture Extension Project, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
9:45 a.m. LOCAL Counselor Shannon tours USAID-funded projects in Canaan and Jerusalem, Haiti.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Counselor Shannon participates in a roundtable with Haitian Finance Minister Marie Carmelle Jean-Marie, members of the banking community, International Development Bank associates, and USAID representatives, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2:30 p.m. LOCAL Counselor Shannon holds a press availability in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on travel to Brussels, Belgium and Vienna, Austria to attend the P-5+1 and Iran negotiations. 

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Gottemoeller attends the “Celebrating Women Leaders” luncheon hosted by the Women's Foreign Policy Group, in Washington, DC.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHERINE NOVELLI
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Singapore Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan, at the Department of State.
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Indonesian Ambassador to the U.S. Budi Bowoleksono, at the Department of State.
12:15 p.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Department of Treasury Under Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen, in Washington, DC.
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with Chief of Staff at the Department of Commerce Bruce Andrews, in Washington, DC.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL
Under Secretary Sewall is on travel to Indonesia, Burma, and Nigeria May 5 through May 14.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS RICHARD STENGEL 
Under Secretary Stengel is on travel to Ukraine, Latvia, and Belgium through May 16.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Kelly Magsamen, at the Pentagon.
2:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Deputy Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Ranjana Khanna, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
12:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman delivers remarks at the National Defense University Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction's 13th annual symposium titled “Countering WMD at 20,” in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
10:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro sign a memorandum of understanding to promote racial, ethnic, and social equality, at the Uruguayan Embassy in Washington D.C.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS ANNE PATTERSON
Assistant Secretary Patterson is on travel to Bahrain.

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS MACON PHILLIPS
Coordinator Phillips is on travel to the United Kingdom, Moldova, and Austria.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
Assistant Secretary Richard is on travel to Stockholm, Sweden to lead the U.S. delegation to the Global Forum on Migration and Displacement.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD
8:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield answers questions from African journalists via live message feed on Live@State.
9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield meets with Swedish Deputy Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, at the Department of State.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp is on travel to Geneva, Switzerland to meet with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN

1:30 p.m. Director McKean hosts a roundtable with Dean of American University’s School of International Service Dr. James Goldgeier, at the Department of State.
5:00 p.m. Director McKean attends an event at the United States Institute of Peace, in Washington, DC.