DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
9:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, at the Department of State.
10:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS7:00 p.m. LOCAL Deputy Secretary Burns delivers keynote remarks at the Oxford Analytica Global Horizons Conference, at Blenheim Palace in Oxford, UK.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Mexico for the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign foreign travel to Mexico with Vice President Biden and will participate in the launch of the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Nuland joins Secretary Kerry’s bilateral meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES CATHERINE RUSSELL
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Russell attends a meeting at the White House.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
10:45 a.m. Secretary Kerry delivers remarks to the International Security Advisory Board, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the Department of State.
Pre set for video cameras: 10:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 11:00 a.m. from the 23rd Street Lobby.
12:45 p.m. Secretary Kerry hosts a lunch in honor of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the Department of State.
2:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius hold refugee consultations with Members of the House and Senate, on Capitol Hill.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Mexico for the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel to Mexico with Vice President Biden and will participate in the launch of the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the President and Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Susan Avery, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard appears before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee to deliver testimony on the Middle East & North Africa: Examining the Syrian Refugee Crisis, on Capitol Hill.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Russel attends Secretary Kerry’s bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
11:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya attends Secretary Kerry’s bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY8:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers remarks on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) at the Corporate Council on Africa’s “Investing in Health” Monthly Breakfast Forum, in Washington, DC.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES CATHERINE RUSSELL12:00 p.m. Ambassador Russell meets with Bank of America representatives Anne Finucane and Andrew Plepler to discuss women’s economic participation, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Ambassador Russell meets with Monique Villa, CEO of Thomson Reuters Foundation to discuss the foundation’s work on women’s empowerment, at the Department of State.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IRA FORMAN
Special Envoy Forman is on foreign travel to Oslo, Norway through September 19 and Warsaw, Poland; Paris, France; and Budapest, Hungary from September 22 through October 5 to attend International Anti-Semitic Conferences.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
2:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry hosts a swearing-in ceremony for Victoria Nuland as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, at the Department of State.
6:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry attends the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Board dinner, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on travel to Mexico for the U.S. – Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN
1:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman participates in a Google+ “Hangout at State” titled “The U.S. and the United Nations: The Case for Multilateralism.” To view the event: http://goo.gl/1wilaj 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
2:00 p. m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya attends the swearing-in for Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA12:30 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca participates in a panel discussion at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Hispanic Heritage Month Program, at EEOC Headquarters.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IRA FORMAN
Special Envoy Forman is on foreign travel to Oslo, Norway through September 19 and Warsaw, Poland; Paris, France; and Budapest, Hungary from September 22 through October 5 to attend International Anti-Semitic Conferences.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland to attend meetings to discuss matters concerning Syria, including the use of chemical weapons and steps to address these developments.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINES AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil through September 12 to participate in the third U.S.-Brazil Innovation Summit at the headquarters of Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends the swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador-designate to Brazil Liliana Ayalde, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones presents to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology with the Deputy Under Secretary for USDA's Research, Education, and Economics Ann Bartuska, the Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, Office of Management and Budget Sally Ericsson, and the Acting Director for the U.S. Geological Survey Suzette Kimball, at National Academy of Sciences.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the President of the Max Planck Society Dr. Peter Gruss, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in a briefing on the implementation of the Executive Order Combating Wildlife Trafficking with the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe and the Department of Justice Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert Dreher, at the Rayburn House Office Building.
7:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a dinner with EU Environmental Commission Representatives, in Washington, DC.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PAUL JONES
Acting Assistant Secretary Paul Jones accompanies Secretary Kerry on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL
Assistant Secretary Russel is on foreign travel to the Republic of Korea, Japan, Brunei, Indonesia, and China from September 5 through 14.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Juba, South Sudan, to attend a conference called “The Inauguration of the National Committee on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crimes of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity and all forms of Discrimination in the Republic of South Sudan.”

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.
10:15 a.m. Secretary Kerry hosts a swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador-designate to the Democratic Republic of the Congo James Swan, at the Department of State.
11:45 a.m. Secretary Kerry hosts a swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador-designate to Greece David Pearce, at the Department of State.
12:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Attorney General Eric Holder, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassu, at the Department of State.
11:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends the swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador-designate to Greece David Peace, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the U.S. Ambassador to Australia John Berry, at the Department of State.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller meets with Czech counterparts to discuss international security issues in Prague, Czech Republic.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel to Burma to highlight Burmese and U.S. commitment to joint efforts on counternarcotics and rule of law reforms.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ11:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends a swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador-designate to Greece David Pearce, at the Department of State.
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Minister Kanji Yamanouchi, Minister of Economic Affairs for the Embassy of Japan, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL
Assistant Secretary Russel is on foreign travel to the Republic of Korea, Japan, Brunei, Indonesia, and China from September 5 to 14.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.
9:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry and Lt. General James Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence, testify in a closed session before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Capitol Hill.
11:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry hosts the swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador-designate to Singapore Kirk Wagar, at the Department of State.
12:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and General Martin Dempsey testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Capitol Hill.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the retirement ceremony for U.S. Ambassador John Tefft, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Mohamed Tawfik, in Washington, DC.
1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, at the Department of Labor.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in a roundtable at the XVII Annual CAF Conference, hosted by the Inter-American Dialogue, the Organization of American States, and the CAF Development Bank of Latin America, in Washington DC. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
11:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya attends the retirement ceremony for U.S. Ambassador John Tefft, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA1:30 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca attends the swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, at the Department of Labor.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Belgrade, Serbia, to attend official meetings regarding global criminal justice issues.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.
2:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and General Martin Dempsey testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Capitol Hill.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks to the Pickering & Rangel Fellows Association, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Ambassador of Morocco to the U.S. Rachad Bouhlal, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN
11:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman meets with the Executive Director of the United Nations Association Chris Whatley, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Bled, Slovenia, to attend the Bled Strategic Forum, and to participate in a panel regarding international criminal justice.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

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ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
12:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Peruvian Ambassador to the U.S. Harold Forsyth, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a Panama Interagency Policy Committee meeting, at the White House.4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a Mexico Interagency Policy Committee meeting. at the White House.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION ANNE RICHARD
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY 
Ambassador Goosby is on foreign travel to Yaoundé, Cameroon to conduct clinic site visits and meet with civil society groups and senior government officials.


SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS ANDREW O’BRIEN
Special Representative O’Brien is on foreign travel through August 30 to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to attend the TIGERS@Mekong Strategy Meeting and DEMO ASEAN.

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