DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
AM Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of Canada John Baird, at the Department of State.
DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon, at the Department of State.
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Admiral James G. Stavridis, Commander USEUCOM and SACEUR, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the Republic of Korea Delegation, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends breakfast with Myron Brilliant, Senior Vice President, International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, at the Hay-Adams.
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the Econ Statecraft Meeting, at the Department of State.
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a roundtable discussion/luncheon with the Washington Export Council, at the City Club.
8:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends dinner with Masood Ahmed, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund, at Mr. Ahmed’s residence.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller is on foreign travel to Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Israel, and Russia to discuss arms control, nonproliferation and international security issues.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
12:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts a luncheon in honor of recently accredited Ambassadors to the United States and their spouses, at Blair House.
2:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall assists with the bilateral meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, The Honorable John Baird, P.C., M.P., at the U.S. Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Former President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer attends a luncheon in honor of recently accredited Ambassadors to the United States and their spouses, at the Blair House.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson, at the Department of State.
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a luncheon in honor of recently accredited Ambassadors to the United States and their spouses, at Blair House.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in the Secretary’s bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of Canada John Baird, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES 
12:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Chief Executive of New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment Dr. Paul Reynolds to discuss environmental issues, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner is on foreign travel to Islamabad, Pakistan; and Cairo, Egypt through February 13 to meet with government officials and civil society representatives on a range of issues, including on human rights and democracy promotion.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY ANN STOCK
Assistant Secretary Stock is on foreign travel to Bangladesh and Burma through February 15 to meet with program participants and discuss and strengthen ECA programming. 

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Freetown, Sierra Leone to participate in a conference on “Exploring the Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone” and meet with Sierra Leone officials regarding global criminal justice issues.