DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel in London, UK. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Under Secretary Sherman, Acting Assistant Secretary Yovanovitch, Spokesperson Psaki, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. 
11:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, in London, UK.
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in a working lunch with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and Syrian Opposition Leaders, in London, UK.
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in London, UK.
4:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, in London, UK.7:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in the G-8 Foreign Ministers Dinner, in London, UK.)
DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
9:45am Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the International Rescue Committee, at the AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, D.C.4:00pm Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, at the Department of State.)
4:45pm Deputy Secretary Burns meets with National Security Adviser of the United Kingdom Nigel Kim Darroch, at the Department of State.
5:30p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with International Committee for the Red Cross President Peter Maurer, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel in London for the G-8 Foreign Ministers and Political Director meetings from April 9 through 11.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to Tokyo, Japan, from April 10 through 12 for bilateral consultations with Japanese government officials.
4:15 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats tours the Toyota Home Exhibition Site hosted by Toyota Executive Vice President and Member of the Board Nobuyori Kodaira, in Tokyo, Japan.
6:10 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Deputy Chief of Mission Kurt Tong, in Tokyo, Japan.
6:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends a dinner with Japanese government and business leaders at the residence of Deputy Chief of Mission Kurt Tong, in Tokyo, Japan.)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia from April 8 through 16. n.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
12:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall delivers remarks at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador of Finland, H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde, in Washington, DC.
2:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts a farewell reception for the departing Ambassador of Malta, H.E. Joseph Cole, at Blair House.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton hosts a luncheon to discuss “The Changing Shape of Civilian Stabilization” with local peace building experts, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton and CSO host Ambassador Jim Dobbins, Director of RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center, to discuss his recent publication: Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: Local Factors in Nation-Building, at the Department of State.
4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton meets with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Director General for Global Issues Takehiro Kagawa, at the Department of State.
7:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton delivers remarks at the Stimson Center Board of Trustees Dinner, at the Stimson Center.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Kyrgyzstan Ambassador to the U.S. Muktar Djumaliev, at the Department of State.
1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki, Vice Chairman of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in a working lunch with Gabonese Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Moussa-Adamo, at the Department of State.
3:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with U.S. Ambassador to Italy David Thorne, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks at the American Chamber of Commerce Export Promotion Reception, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
Assistant Secretary Hammer is on foreign travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan to present to government press officers at a conference organized by the Public Fund for Support and Development of Independent Print Media and News Agencies of Uzbekistan and National Journalists’ Retraining Center. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends meetings on Capitol Hill.
2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Fernando Carrera, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with executives from the Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service, in Washington, DC.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
10:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya attends a meeting at the White House.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
9:30 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca delivers remarks at the President's Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships meeting, at the White House.
1:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Director of Programs at Thorn, Claire Schmidt, at the Department of State.
2:30 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca attends a farewell reception to honor the Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Malta Cai Jinbiao, at Blair House.
4:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Ambassador of Oman to the U.S. Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY 
Ambassador Goosby is on foreign travel to meet with senior government officials in Windhoek, Namibia.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
9:15 a.m. Director McKean meets with Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Department of State.