DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Tel Aviv and Geneva. He is accompanied by Under Secretary Wendy Sherman, Acting Assistant Secretary Beth Jones, Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk, Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Frank Lowenstein, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, NSS Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Prem Kumar, and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS. Please click here for more information.
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv.
PM LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, in Geneva.
PM LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in Geneva.
PM LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a trilateral meeting with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Geneva.

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

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah is on foreign travel to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Amman and Beirut.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland, for the P5+1 talks with Iran. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Copenhagen, Denmark to participate in the Stabilization Leaders Forum and Turkey to meet with Syrian opposition, Turkish Government officials and U.S. government personnel in country. 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS WILLIAM CRAFT
Acting Assistant Secretary Craft is on foreign travel to London, UK through November 9 as a G8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson delivers remarks at the Pacific Council Luncheon, in Los Angeles, California.
2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson delivers remarks on the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Initiative, at the University of Southern California.
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in the U.S.-Mexico Foundation Mexican American Leadership Initiative (MALI) West Coast Launch, in Los Angeles, California. 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN10:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman joins Assistant Secretary Richard and USAID Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg for a roundtable discussion with representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Department of Political Affairs and the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard joins Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman and USAID Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg for a roundtable discussion with representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Department of Political Affairs and the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan delivers opening remarks at HEARTBEAT, a concert by Israeli and Palestinian youth, at the Department of State. 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya hosts the U.S-China Legal Experts Dialogue, in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP8:15 a.m. Ambassador Rapp attends the Aspen Institute Symposium for Judges and Scholars: “Trying Atrocity Crimes: The Khmer Rouge Trials, Transitional Justice, and the Rule of Law,” in Washington, DC.